FirePreplans

Michigan.

Houghton County.

We already mapped the first due of 22 of the 23 volunteer departments in Houghton County: an estimated 24,745 buildings.

23 volunteer and mostly volunteer departments. 26 stations.

ToivolaTwin Lakes20 miNToivola20 miN
  • Each department's first due
Estimated by road distance from each department's stations, or taken from the county's published response areas. Each department's officers set the real lines in setup.

The county by the numbers.

23volunteer and mostly volunteer departments, with 26 stations
24,745buildings mapped across their first duesEstimated
53life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
318buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
1,254square miles of first dueEstimated

Estimated from public records. A first due can cross the county line, so these count every building in these departments' first dues. Each department's page shows its own sources and dates.

Every department.

Each one has its own page with its map, its numbers and a board packet.

DepartmentStationsBuildingsLife-risk sitesOver 1,000 gpmBoard packet
Adams Township Volunteer Fire DepartmentAtlantic Mine21,535115Get the packet
Bootjack Fire and RescueLake Linden11,19103Get the packet
Calumet Township Fire and RescueCalumet13,5411061Get the packet
Calumet Village Volunteer Fire DepartmentCalumet1At setupAt setupAt setupGet the packet
Chassell Volunteer Fire & RescueChassell12,499223Get the packet
Copper City Volunteer Fire DepartmentCopper City185007Get the packet
Dollar Bay Volunteer Fire DepartmentDollar Bay11,334312Get the packet
Duncan Township VFDSidnaw293702Get the packet
Hancock Volunteer Fire DepartmentHancock11,9361239Get the packet
Houghton Fire DepartmentHoughton11,222458Get the packet
Hubbell Fire DepartmentHubbell145836Get the packet
Hurontown Fire and RescueHoughton11,753842Get the packet
Laird Township Volunteer Fire DepartmentNisula170901Get the packet
Lake Linden Volunteer Fire DepartmentLake Linden11,519210Get the packet
Laurium Fire DepartmentLaurium185006Get the packet
Quincy-Franklin-Hancock Townships Volunteer Fire DepartmentHancock255414Get the packet
Ripley Volunteer Fire DepartmentHancock131819Get the packet
Sherman Township Fire DepartmentLake Linden152100Get the packet
South Range VFDSouth Range170238Get the packet
Stanton Township Volunteer Fire Department, Precinct 1, Inc.Houghton11,08926Get the packet
Tamarack City Volunteer Fire DepartmentHubbell137904Get the packet
Toivola Volunteer Fire DepartmentToivola145301Get the packet
Twin Lakes Fire DepartmentToivola139511Get the packet

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