Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWalker City Fire Department
Grand Rapids, MI · Kent County. Walker City Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 67 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.
- 67
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Walker City Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Michigan average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +205%
- vs. Michigan average
- 3
- 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.
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.
Walker City Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Grand Rapids, MI (Kent County), with 3 stations and 67 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,112 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,112 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #37 of 1,008
- 4.48 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 31 other listed departments in Kent County
Walker City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
67 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 04121 · Walker City Fire Department, MI 67 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 67
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,112
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Palm Harbor Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Palm Harbor Fire and Rescue, FL (+ 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.
- Walker City (this dept) 67
- High Great Falls Fire…, MT 67
- Near Palm Harbor Fire…, FL 67
- Near Chestnut Ridge Vo…, MD 67
- Near Zionsville, IN 67
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI
- County
- Kent County
- FDID
- 04121
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Walker City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #37 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,112 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster fringe
Walker City Fire Department is 6.1% of Kent County roster mass
The county lists 38 departments totaling 1,098 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.48 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 67 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Palm Harbor Fire and Rescue, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 67 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.