Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorton Shores Fire Department
Norton Shores, MI · Muskegon County. Norton Shores Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 39 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.
- 39
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Norton Shores Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Michigan average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- +77%
- vs. Michigan average
- 4
- stations
- $718,045
- 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.
Norton Shores Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Norton Shores, MI (Muskegon County), with 4 stations and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,568 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $718,045.
- National personnel rank #6,568 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #125 of 1,008
- 10.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Muskegon County
Norton Shores Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
39 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 06115 · Norton Shores Fire Department, MI 39 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 39
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,568
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Palm Beach…
- FEMA-MID $718K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North Palm Beach Fire Rescue, FL (+ 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.
- Norton Shores (this dept) 39
- High Cahaba Valley Fir…, AL 39
- Near North Palm Beach…, FL 39
- Near Womelsdorf Volunt…, PA 39
- Near Nevada Division o…, NV 39
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Norton Shores, MI
- County
- Muskegon County
- FDID
- 06115
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | EMW2010FH00910 | $718,045 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Norton Shores Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #125 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,568 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster geometry
Muskegon County HIFLD mix around Norton Shores Fire Department
Muskegon County: 21 departments, 357 personnel (12 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 43% of departments. County / state rollup.
10.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 39 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North Palm Beach Fire Rescue, FL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 39 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.