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Soo Township Fire Department

Sault Sainte Marie, MI · Chippewa County. Soo Township Fire Department is a fire department and 19 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.

19
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Soo Township Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.

19th pct.
national personnel size
-14%
vs. Michigan average

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Soo Township 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
No station count on file for this department
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
19 personnel

Soo Township Fire Department is a fire department serving Sault Sainte Marie, MI (Chippewa County) and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,192 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,192 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #768 of 1,008
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 18 other listed departments in Chippewa County

Soo Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

19 Top 81% higher than 19% 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 01710 · Soo Township Fire Department, MI 19 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 19
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #18,192
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Whitewater Fire P…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Whitewater Fire Protection District, MO (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MI department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Sault Sainte Marie, MI
FDID
01710

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Soo Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #768 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,192 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 14% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster fringe

Soo Township Fire Department is 6.9% of Chippewa County roster mass

The county lists 19 departments totaling 275 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 63% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Whitewater Fire Protection District, MO (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Bay Mills Fire Department
Brimley · volunteer
City of Sault Sainte Marie Fire Department
Sault Sainte Marie · career
Dafter Township Fire Department
Dafter · volunteer
Detour Volunteer Fire Department
Detour · volunteer
Drummond Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Drummond Island · volunteer
Hulbert Township Fire Department
Hulbert · volunteer
Kinross Volunteer Fire Department
Kincheloe · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 19 personnel

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

Whitewater Fire Protection District, MO 19 North Cape Girardeau County Fire District, MO 19 Cotuit Fire Department, MA 19 Prescott Volunteer Fire Department, IA 19

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Soo Township Fire Department have?

Soo Township Fire Department has 19 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 14% below the Michigan average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #18,192 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MI, it ranks #768 of 1,008 by personnel.

Does Soo Township Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Soo Township Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Soo Township Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Soo Township Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Soo Township Fire Department?

Soo Township Fire Department is a fire department serving Chippewa County, MI.

How many fire departments are in Michigan?

Michigan has 1,274 fire departments with 28,594 total personnel. 61% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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