Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMuskegon City Fire Department
Muskegon, MI · Muskegon County. Muskegon City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 41 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.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Muskegon City Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Michigan average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +86%
- vs. Michigan average
- 3
- stations
- $778,690
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
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.
Muskegon City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Muskegon, MI (Muskegon County), with 3 stations and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,746 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $778,690.
- National personnel rank #5,746 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #107 of 1,008
- 7.32 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Muskegon County
Muskegon City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 06110 · Muskegon City Fire Department, MI 41 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,746
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Weston Fire and R…
- FEMA-MID $779K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Weston Fire and Rescue, NE (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Muskegon City (this dept) 41
- High Federal Point Fir…, NC 41
- Near Weston Fire and R…, NE 41
- Near Nevada Division o…, NV 41
- Near Copeland Ferry Pu…, AL 41
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Muskegon, MI
- County
- Muskegon County
- FDID
- 06110
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FF-01895 | $708,463.02 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-06297 | $70,227.27 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Muskegon City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #107 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,746 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Muskegon County
County mix is mostly volunteer (12 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
7.32 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Weston Fire and Rescue, NE (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.