Department profile

Volunteer

Omer-Arenac Township Fire Department

Omer, MI · Arenac County. Omer-Arenac Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

14
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Omer-Arenac Township Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Michigan average.

7th pct.
national personnel size
-36%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
18/100
Omer-Arenac 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 F
14 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
14 personnel · 1 station

Omer-Arenac Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Omer, MI (Arenac County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,861 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,861 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #927 of 1,008
  • 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
  • 7 other listed departments in Arenac County

Omer-Arenac Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 00603 · Omer-Arenac Township Fire Department, MI 14 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-MICRO 14
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #20,861
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lake Creek Rural…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lake Creek Rural Fire District, OR (+ 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
Omer, MI
FDID
00603

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Omer-Arenac Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #927 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,861 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 36% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster geometry

Arenac County HIFLD mix around Omer-Arenac Township Fire Department

Arenac County: 8 departments, 138 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Lake Creek Rural Fire District, OR (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel

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