Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Millington-Arbela Township Fire Department

Millington, MI · Tuscola County. Millington-Arbela Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 24 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

24
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Millington-Arbela Township Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.

35th pct.
national personnel size
+9%
vs. Michigan average
1
station

National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
51/100
Millington-Arbela Township Fire Department

A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.

Staffing capacity C
24 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
24 personnel · 1 station

Millington-Arbela Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Millington, MI (Tuscola County), with 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,615 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #14,615 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #510 of 1,008
  • 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 13 other listed departments in Tuscola County

Millington-Arbela Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

24 Top 65% higher than 35% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 07908 · Millington-Arbela Township Fire Department, MI 24 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 24
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #14,615
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mayodan
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Mayodan Fire Department, NC (+ 0 personnel)

Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MI department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Millington, MI
FDID
07908

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Millington-Arbela Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #510 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,615 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 9% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster fringe

Millington-Arbela Township Fire Department is 7.4% of Tuscola County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 326 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 24 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Mayodan Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 24 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.