Department profile
VolunteerWhite Lake Fire Authority
Whitehall, MI · Muskegon County. White Lake Fire Authority is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
White Lake Fire Authority pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Michigan average.
- Top 50%
- national personnel size
- +32%
- 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.
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.
White Lake Fire Authority is a Volunteer department serving Whitehall, MI (Muskegon County), with 2 stations and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,279 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,279 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #293 of 1,008
- 6.90 stations per 100 personnel
- 16 other listed departments in Muskegon County
White Lake Fire Authority vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 06118 · White Lake Fire Authority, MI 29 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #11,279
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Barboursville Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Barboursville Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- White Lake Fire A… (this dept) 29
- High Seven Lakes Volun…, NC 29
- Near Barboursville Vol…, WV 29
- Near Coaling, AL 29
- Near Crains Creek Volu…, NC 29
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Whitehall, MI
- County
- Muskegon County
- FDID
- 06118
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How White Lake Fire Authority's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #293 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,279 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster fringe
White Lake Fire Authority is 8.1% of Muskegon County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 357 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 43% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Barboursville Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.