Department profile
VolunteerTuscarora Township Fire Department
Indian River, MI · Cheboygan County. Tuscarora Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 26
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Tuscarora Township Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Michigan average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +18%
- 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.
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.
Tuscarora Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Indian River, MI (Cheboygan County) and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,925 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,925 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #398 of 1,008
- 10 other listed departments in Cheboygan County
Tuscarora Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 01605 · Tuscarora Township Fire Department, MI 26 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #12,925
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Vergennes Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Vergennes Volunteer Fire Department, VT (+ 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.
- Tuscarora Township (this dept) 26
- High Firth Rural Fire…, NE 26
- Near Vergennes Volunte…, VT 26
- Near Hygiene Fire Prot…, CO 26
- Near Cowgill Town and…, MO 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Indian River, MI
- County
- Cheboygan County
- FDID
- 01605
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Tuscarora Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #398 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,925 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster geometry
Cheboygan County HIFLD mix around Tuscarora Township Fire Department
Cheboygan County: 12 departments, 226 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Vergennes Volunteer Fire Department, VT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.