Department profile
VolunteerRiverton Fire Department
Scottville, MI · Mason County. Riverton Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Riverton Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Michigan average.
- 9th pct.
- national personnel size
- -32%
- 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.
Riverton Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Scottville, MI (Mason County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,448 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,448 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #905 of 1,008
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 10 other listed departments in Mason County
Riverton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 05309 · Riverton Fire Department, MI 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,448
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Uniontown Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Uniontown 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.
- Riverton (this dept) 15
- High Pierce City Volun…, MO 15
- Near Uniontown Volunte…, AL 15
- Near Souris Fire Prote…, ND 15
- Near East Haven Volunt…, VT 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Scottville, MI
- County
- Mason County
- FDID
- 05309
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Riverton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #905 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,448 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
Riverton Fire Department is 7.4% of Mason County roster mass
The county lists 11 departments totaling 202 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 18% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Uniontown 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 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.