Department profile
VolunteerWest Iron County Fire Department
Iron River, MI · Iron County. West Iron County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
West Iron County Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Michigan average.
- Top 42%
- national personnel size
- +45%
- 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.
West Iron County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Iron River, MI (Iron County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,406 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,406 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #216 of 1,008
- 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Iron County
West Iron County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 42% higher than 58% 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 03609 · West Iron County Fire Department, MI 32 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,406
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Union Road Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Union Road Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 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.
- West Iron County (this dept) 32
- High Dent County Fire…, MO 32
- Near Union Road Volunt…, NC 32
- Near Greater Eagle Fir…, CO 32
- Near Brookline Fire Pr…, MO 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Iron River, MI
- County
- Iron County
- FDID
- 03609
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How West Iron County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #216 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,406 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
Iron County HIFLD mix around West Iron County Fire Department
Iron County: 7 departments, 156 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 43% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Union Road Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.