Department profile

Volunteer

Richmond Fire Department

Richmond, MI · Macomb County. Richmond Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

35
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Richmond Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Michigan average.

Top 36%
national personnel size
+59%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
77/100
Richmond 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 B
35 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
35 personnel · 1 station

Richmond Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Richmond, MI (Macomb County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,067 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #8,067 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #169 of 1,008
  • 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
  • 29 other listed departments in Macomb County

Richmond Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 05013 · Richmond Fire Department, MI 35 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 35
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UPPER #8,067
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tri-Lakes Volunte…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Tri-Lakes Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+ 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
Richmond, MI
FDID
05013

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Richmond Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #169 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,067 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 59% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster fringe

Richmond Fire Department is 2.8% of Macomb County roster mass

The county lists 37 departments totaling 1,233 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Tri-Lakes Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel

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