Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Saginaw Charter Township Fire Department 1

Saginaw, MI · Saginaw County. Saginaw Charter Township Fire Department 1 is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 92 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.

92
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Saginaw Charter Township Fire Department 1 pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Michigan average.

Top 5%
national personnel size
+318%
vs. Michigan average
3
stations

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
69/100
Saginaw Charter Township Fire Department 1

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
30.7 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
92 personnel · 3 stations

Saginaw Charter Township Fire Department 1 is a Volunteer department serving Saginaw, MI (Saginaw County), with 3 stations and 92 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,118 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,118 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #16 of 1,008
  • 3.26 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 25 other listed departments in Saginaw County

Saginaw Charter Township Fire Department 1 vs. the national personnel distribution

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

92 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 07313 · Saginaw Charter Township Fire Department 1, MI 92 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 92
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,118
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Apopka
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Apopka Fire Department, FL (+ 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
Saginaw, MI
FDID
07313

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Saginaw Charter Township Fire Department 1's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #16 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,118 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 318% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster geometry

Saginaw County HIFLD mix around Saginaw Charter Township Fire Department 1

Saginaw County: 27 departments, 756 personnel (20 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 70% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 92 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Apopka Fire Department, FL (+0 personnel).

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

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Bridgeport Fire Department
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Buena Vista Fire Department
Saginaw · volunteer
Chesaning Brady Fire Department
Chesaning · volunteer
Frankenmuth Fire Department
Frankenmuth · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 92 personnel

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