Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderPowell Township Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Big Bay, MI · Marquette County. Powell Township Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a fire department and 23 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.
- 23
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Powell Township Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.
- 32nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +5%
- vs. Michigan average
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.
Powell Township Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a fire department serving Big Bay, MI (Marquette County) and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,273 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,273 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #553 of 1,008
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Marquette County
Powell Township Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 68% higher than 32% 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 05210 · Powell Township Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, MI 23 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #15,273
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mud Tavern Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Mud Tavern Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 0 personnel)
Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MI department.
- Powell Township F… (this dept) 23
- High Westhope Fire Pro…, ND 23
- Near Mud Tavern Volunt…, AL 23
- Near Talucah Volunteer, AL 23
- Near Deep River Rural…, NC 23
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Big Bay, MI
- County
- Marquette County
- FDID
- 05210
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Powell Township Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #553 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,273 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster fringe
Powell Township Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is 4.9% of Marquette County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 473 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 79% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Mud Tavern Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.