Department profile

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Port Huron Township Fire Department

Port Huron, MI · St Clair County. Port Huron Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 25 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.

25
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Port Huron Township Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.

38th pct.
national personnel size
+14%
vs. Michigan average
$729,000
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
77/100
Port Huron 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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment B
$29,160 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
25 personnel

Port Huron Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Port Huron, MI (St Clair County) and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,846 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $729,000.

  • National personnel rank #13,846 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #459 of 1,008
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 19 other listed departments in St Clair County

Port Huron Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 07416 · Port Huron Township Fire Department, MI 25 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #13,846
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Falkland
  • FEMA-MID $729K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Falkland Fire Department, NC (+ 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
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Port Huron, MI
FDID
07416

FEMA Grant History

$729K
Cumulative funding (FY2011)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2011 EMW2011FV03610 $729,000

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Port Huron Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #459 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,846 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 14% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster fringe

Port Huron Township Fire Department is 4.7% of St Clair County roster mass

The county lists 23 departments totaling 531 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 70% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Falkland Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

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Lakeport · volunteer
Clay Township Mainland Fire Department
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Clyde Township Fire Department
Ruby · volunteer
Emmett Fire Department
Emmett · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

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

Falkland Fire Department, NC 25 Daufuskie Island Fire District, SC 25 Campbell County Rural Fire Service, TN 25 Flushing Volunteer Fire Department, OH 25 Durants Neck Fire Department, NC 25 Fries Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad, VA 25 Hamlet Rescue and Emergency Medical Services / Hamlet City Fire Department, NC 25 Hoffman Fire and Rescue, NC 25

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Port Huron Township Fire Department have?

Port Huron Township Fire Department has 25 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 14% above the Michigan average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #13,846 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MI, it ranks #459 of 1,008 by personnel.

Does Port Huron Township Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Port Huron Township Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Port Huron Township Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Port Huron Township Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Port Huron Township Fire Department?

Port Huron Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving St Clair County, MI. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Port Huron Township Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Port Huron Township Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $729,000 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2011 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2011.

How many fire departments are in Michigan?

Michigan has 1,274 fire departments with 28,594 total personnel. 61% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.