Department profile
VolunteerRichland Township Fire Department
Vestaburg, MI · Montcalm County. Richland Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. 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
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Richland Township Fire Department 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.
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.
Richland Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Vestaburg, MI (Montcalm 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 #17,569 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,569 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #711 of 1,008
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Montcalm County
Richland Township Fire Department 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 05911 · Richland Township Fire Department, MI 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #17,569
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Friendship Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Friendship Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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.
- Richland Township (this dept) 20
- High Bradley County Vo…, AR 20
- Near Friendship Volunt…, AL 20
- Near Indian Hills Fire…, CO 20
- Near Nevada Division o…, NV 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Vestaburg, MI
- County
- Montcalm County
- FDID
- 05911
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Richland Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #711 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,569 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
Richland Township Fire Department is 6.1% of Montcalm County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 328 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 7% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Friendship Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.