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Big Sky Fire

Gallatin Gateway, MT · Gallatin County. Big Sky Fire is a fire department. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Big Sky Fire

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.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

Big Sky Fire is a fire department serving Gallatin Gateway, MT (Gallatin County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $564,783.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 23 other listed departments in Gallatin County

Dispatch plate

Sheet MT-BIG-SKY-FIRE-MT · Big Sky Fire, MT personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-MID $565K
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Gallatin Gateway, MT

FEMA Grant History

$565K
Cumulative funding (FY2018)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW2016FH00209 $564,783

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

County roster geometry

Gallatin County HIFLD mix around Big Sky Fire

Gallatin County: 25 departments, 358 personnel (12 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 40% of departments. County / state rollup.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Big Sky Fire have?

Personnel data for Big Sky Fire is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Big Sky Fire provide EMS services?

Yes, Big Sky Fire provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Big Sky Fire operate?

Station count data for Big Sky Fire is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Big Sky Fire?

Big Sky Fire is a fire department serving Gallatin County, MT.

Has Big Sky Fire received federal grants?

Yes, Big Sky Fire has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $564,783 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

How many fire departments are in Montana?

Montana has 416 fire departments with 6,294 total personnel. 54% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.