Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSaint Clair Shores Fire Department
Saint Clair Shores, MI · Macomb County. Saint Clair Shores Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 51 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.
- 51
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Saint Clair Shores Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Michigan average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +132%
- 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.
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.
Saint Clair Shores Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Saint Clair Shores, MI (Macomb County), with 3 stations and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,746 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,746 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #73 of 1,008
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 29 other listed departments in Macomb County
Saint Clair Shores Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
51 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 05016 · Saint Clair Shores Fire Department, MI 51 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 51
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,746
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Denmark
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Denmark Fire Department, SC (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Saint Clair Shores (this dept) 51
- High North Sewickley F…, PA 51
- Near Denmark, SC 51
- Near Clinton Rural Fir…, MO 51
- Near Cridersville, OH 51
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Saint Clair Shores, MI
- County
- Macomb County
- FDID
- 05016
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Saint Clair Shores Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #73 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,746 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster fringe
Saint Clair Shores Fire Department is 4.1% 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.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 51 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Denmark Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 51 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.