Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Superior Township Fire Department

Ypsilanti, MI · Washtenaw County. Superior Township Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations 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
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

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

21st pct.
national personnel size
-9%
vs. Michigan average
2
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
8/100
Superior 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 F
10 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
20 personnel · 2 stations

Superior Township Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Ypsilanti, MI (Washtenaw County), with 2 stations and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,707 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #17,707 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #725 of 1,008
  • 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 14 other listed departments in Washtenaw County

Superior Township Fire 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 08111 · Superior Township Fire Department, MI 20 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #17,707
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Shingle Hollow
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Shingle Hollow Fire Department, NC (+ 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
Ypsilanti, MI
FDID
08111

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Superior Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #725 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,707 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 9% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster fringe

Superior Township Fire Department is 4.3% of Washtenaw County roster mass

The county lists 21 departments totaling 468 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Shingle Hollow Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

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

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Manchester Township Fire Department
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Northfield Township Fire Department
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Nationwide career peers near 20 personnel

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