Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPaw Paw Volunteer Fire Department
Paw Paw, MI · Van Buren County. Paw Paw Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 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.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Paw Paw Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Michigan average.
- Top 28%
- national personnel size
- +82%
- 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.
Paw Paw Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Paw Paw, MI (Van Buren County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,237 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,237 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #115 of 1,008
- 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Van Buren County
Paw Paw Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 08011 · Paw Paw Volunteer Fire Department, MI 40 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,237
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Denton Rural Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Denton Rural Fire District, MT (+ 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.
- Paw Paw Volunteer (this dept) 40
- High Moore Rural Fire…, MT 40
- Near Denton Rural Fire…, MT 40
- Near Twin City, OK 40
- Near Webbs Mills Volun…, NY 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Paw Paw, MI
- County
- Van Buren County
- FDID
- 08011
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Paw Paw Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #115 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,237 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
Paw Paw Volunteer Fire Department is 9.3% of Van Buren County roster mass
The county lists 14 departments totaling 430 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 79% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Denton Rural Fire District, MT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.