Fire Service Information - Fire Service Department Types - Fire Service Personnel
National Fire Incident Reporting System. Reporting by Responserack Fire Department NFIRS RMS.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) definition of department type is as follows:
| Department Type | Definition |
|---|---|
| Career | All firefighters are career / paid firefighters |
| Mostly Career | More than half of the firefighters are career / paid firefighters |
| Mostly Volunteer | More than half of the firefighters are volunteer / un-paid firefighters |
| Volunteer | All of the firefighters are volunteer / un-paid firefighters |
The information below is based solely upon fire departments that have registered with the National Fire Service Registry. If you have not registered your fire department, please do so, it is free and contributes to a complete picture of the fire services. Check out some Quick Facts from the registry.
Percentages are intentionally rounded for simplicity not precision, so please use them as insights only.
| County | Career | Mostly Career | Mostly Volunteer | Volunteer | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverhead | - | - | 29% | 71% | 7 |
| Big Horn | - | - | 33% | 67% | 3 |
| Blaine | - | - | - | 100% | 4 |
| Broadwater | - | - | - | 100% | 1 |
| Carbon | - | - | 11% | 89% | 9 |
| Carter | - | - | - | 100% | 1 |
| Cascade | 14% | - | - | 86% | 14 |
| Chouteau | - | - | - | 100% | 5 |
| Custer | - | 25% | 25% | 50% | 4 |
| Daniels | - | - | - | 100% | 3 |
| Dawson | - | - | 25% | 75% | 4 |
| Deer Lodge | 25% | - | - | 75% | 4 |
| Fallon | - | - | - | 100% | 2 |
| Fergus | - | - | 8% | 92% | 13 |
| Flathead | 10% | - | 35% | 55% | 20 |
| Gallatin | 19% | 6% | 12% | 62% | 16 |
| Garfield | - | - | - | 100% | 1 |
| Glacier | - | - | - | 100% | 4 |
| Golden Valley | - | - | - | 100% | 2 |
| Granite | - | - | - | 100% | 2 |
| Hill | 17% | - | - | 83% | 6 |
| Jefferson | - | - | - | 100% | 6 |
| Judith Basin | - | - | - | 100% | 3 |
| Lake | - | - | 29% | 71% | 7 |
| Lewis And Clark | 6% | - | 19% | 75% | 16 |
| Liberty | - | - | - | 100% | 2 |
| Lincoln | - | - | 7% | 93% | 15 |
| Madison | - | - | - | 100% | 6 |
| McCone | - | - | - | 100% | 1 |
| Meagher | - | - | - | 100% | 2 |
| Mineral | - | - | 67% | 33% | 3 |
| Missoula | 10% | 10% | 20% | 60% | 10 |
| Musselshell | - | - | - | 100% | 4 |
| Park | - | 12% | 12% | 75% | 8 |
| Petroleum | - | - | - | 100% | 1 |
| Phillips | - | - | - | 100% | 2 |
| Pondera | - | - | - | 100% | 2 |
| Powder River | - | - | - | 100% | 2 |
| Powell | 25% | - | - | 75% | 4 |
| Prairie | - | - | - | 100% | 3 |
| Ravalli | - | - | 12% | 88% | 8 |
| Richland | - | - | - | 100% | 3 |
| Roosevelt | - | - | 20% | 80% | 5 |
| Rosebud | - | - | 20% | 80% | 5 |
| Sanders | - | - | - | 100% | 7 |
| Sheridan | - | - | - | 100% | 4 |
| Silver Bow | - | 10% | 10% | 80% | 10 |
| Stillwater | - | - | 33% | 67% | 6 |
| Sweet Grass | - | - | - | 100% | 1 |
| Teton | - | - | - | 100% | 5 |
| Toole | - | - | - | 100% | 2 |
| Treasure | - | - | - | 100% | 1 |
| Valley | - | - | - | 100% | 4 |
| Wheatland | - | - | - | 100% | 1 |
| Yellowstone | 20% | 10% | 10% | 60% | 10 |
Here the personnel numbers by county for volunteer and career agencies within Montana.
Here are the fire department identifiers (FDIDs) for agencies within Montana. NFIRS FDIDs are required for submitting NFIRS reports with mutual aid or automatic aid with those departments.
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