Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderOtsego Fire Department and Rescue
Otsego, MI · Allegan County. Otsego Fire Department and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Otsego Fire Department and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Michigan average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- +45%
- 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.
Otsego Fire Department and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Otsego, MI (Allegan County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,255 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,255 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #211 of 1,008
- 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Allegan County
Otsego Fire Department and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 00314 · Otsego Fire Department and Rescue, MI 32 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Monitor Rural Fir…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Monitor Rural Fire Protection 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.
- Otsego Fire Depar… (this dept) 32
- High McCalla Area Fire…, AL 32
- Near Monitor Rural Fir…, OR 32
- Near Wittenburg Volunt…, NC 32
- Near Idanha-Detroit Ru…, OR 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Otsego, MI
- County
- Allegan County
- FDID
- 00314
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Otsego Fire Department and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #211 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,255 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
Otsego Fire Department and Rescue is 7.2% of Allegan County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 445 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 63% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Monitor Rural Fire Protection District, OR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.