Functional Fire Authority Study: In 2011, The City of Ferndale partnered with the City of Hazel Park Fire Department to explore the feasibility of a functional fire authority.  Results of the study indicated that over the past five years, each municipality has already reduced the size of the staffing levels of their respective fire services.  The continuing trend of staffing attrition offsets any potential cost reduction benefits that each participating municipality would have witnessed.  In light of this information, the municipalities involved in the feasibility study elected not to pursue any further development of the functional fire authority.