Department profile
VolunteerNewton Township Fire Department
Ceresco, MI · Calhoun County. Newton Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Newton Township Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Michigan average.
- 43rd pct.
- national personnel size
- +18%
- 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.
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.
Newton Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ceresco, MI (Calhoun County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,764 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,764 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #387 of 1,008
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Calhoun County
Newton Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 01314 · Newton Township Fire Department, MI 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #12,764
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cowgill Town and…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cowgill Town and Country Fire Department, MO (+ 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.
- Newton Township (this dept) 26
- High Town of Weaversvi…, NC 26
- Near Cowgill Town and…, MO 26
- Near Hygiene Fire Prot…, CO 26
- Near Mount Olive Volun…, AL 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ceresco, MI
- County
- Calhoun County
- FDID
- 01314
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Newton Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #387 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,764 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster fringe
Newton Township Fire Department is 4.4% of Calhoun County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 593 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 17% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cowgill Town and Country Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.