Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSouth Branch Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
Roscommon, MI · Crawford County. South Branch Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 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.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South Branch Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.
- 21st pct.
- national personnel size
- -9%
- 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.
South Branch Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Volunteer department serving Roscommon, MI (Crawford County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,674 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,674 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #720 of 1,008
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Crawford County
South Branch Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 79% higher than 21% 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 02004 · South Branch Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, MI 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #17,674
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sheffield Fire an…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sheffield Fire and Rescue, 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.
- South Branch Town… (this dept) 20
- High Colbert Heights V…, AL 20
- Near Sheffield Fire an…, AL 20
- Near Hamburg, AR 20
- Near Unity-Frost Prair…, AR 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Roscommon, MI
- County
- Crawford County
- FDID
- 02004
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How South Branch Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #720 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,674 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 geometry
Crawford County HIFLD mix around South Branch Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
Crawford County: 7 departments, 116 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 57% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sheffield Fire and Rescue, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.