Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Summit Township Fire Department

Jackson, MI · Jackson County. Summit Township Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 48 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.

48
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Summit Township Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Michigan average.

Top 19%
national personnel size
+118%
vs. Michigan average
3
stations
$381,138
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
25/100
Summit 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 D
16 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
48 personnel · 3 stations

Summit Township Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Jackson, MI (Jackson County), with 3 stations and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,353 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $381,138.

  • National personnel rank #4,353 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #81 of 1,008
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 17 other listed departments in Jackson County

Summit Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 03818 · Summit Township Fire Department, MI 48 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 48
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,353
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Morrison Volunteer
  • FEMA-LIGHT $381K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Morrison Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Jackson, MI
FDID
03818

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2018)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FH-00407 $381,138.26

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Summit Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #81 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,353 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 118% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Jackson County

County mix is mostly volunteer (12 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 48 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Morrison Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Columbia Township Fire Department
Brooklyn · volunteer
Concord Fire Department
Concord · volunteer
Hanover Township Fire Department
Hanover · volunteer
Henrietta Township Fire Department
Pleasant Lake · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 48 personnel

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

Morrison Volunteer Fire Department, MO 48 Lake Mishnock Volunteer Fire Department, RI 48 Shenandoah Farms Volunteer Fire Department, VA 48 Piney Chapel Fire Department, AL 48 Wyoming Air National Guard Fire Department, WY 48 Lexington Fire Department, NC 48 Glasgow Fire Department, KY 48 Corinth Fire Department, MS 48

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Summit Township Fire Department have?

Summit Township Fire Department has 48 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 118% above the Michigan average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,353 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MI, it ranks #81 of 1,008 by personnel.

Does Summit Township Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Summit Township Fire Department operate?

Summit Township Fire Department operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Summit Township Fire Department?

Summit Township Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Jackson County, MI. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Summit Township Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Summit Township Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $381,138.26 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

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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