Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Posen Area Fire and Rescue

Posen, MI · Presque Isle County. Posen Area Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Posen Area Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.

22nd pct.
national personnel size
-9%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
38/100
Posen Area Fire and Rescue

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 D
20 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
20 personnel · 1 station

Posen Area Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Posen, MI (Presque Isle County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,528 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #17,528 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #706 of 1,008
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 7 other listed departments in Presque Isle County

Posen Area Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

20 Top 78% higher than 22% 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 07104 · Posen Area Fire and Rescue, MI 20 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #17,528
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Glen Lyn Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Glen Lyn Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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
Posen, MI
FDID
07104

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Posen Area Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #706 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,528 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 9% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster geometry

Presque Isle County HIFLD mix around Posen Area Fire and Rescue

Presque Isle County: 8 departments, 140 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 88% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Glen Lyn Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Case Township Fire Department
Millersburg · volunteer
East Grand Lake Fire Department
Presque Isle · volunteer
Onaway Fire Department
Onaway · other
Presque Isle Fire Department
Presque Isle · other
Rogers City Fire Department
Rogers City · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel

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