Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPort Austin Fire Department
Port Austin, MI · Huron County. Port Austin Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Port Austin Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.
- 27th pct.
- national personnel size
- -5%
- 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.
Port Austin Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Port Austin, MI (Huron County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,458 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,458 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #628 of 1,008
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Huron County
Port Austin Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 73% higher than 27% 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 03208 · Port Austin Fire Department, MI 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,458
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Presidential Lake…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Presidential Lakes Fire and Rescue, NJ (+ 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.
- Port Austin (this dept) 21
- High Midway Fire Prote…, AR 21
- Near Presidential Lake…, NJ 21
- Near Coates Bend Volun…, AL 21
- Near Honeyville, UT 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Port Austin, MI
- County
- Huron County
- FDID
- 03208
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Port Austin Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #628 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,458 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
Port Austin Fire Department is 7.3% of Huron County roster mass
The county lists 14 departments totaling 289 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Presidential Lakes Fire and Rescue, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.