Department profile
VolunteerBigfork Fire Department
Bigfork, MT · Flathead County. Bigfork Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Bigfork Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Montana average.
- Top 44%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- vs. Montana average
- 3
- 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.
Bigfork Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bigfork, MT (Flathead County), with 3 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,897 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,897 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #52 of 227
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 22 other listed departments in Flathead County
Bigfork Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 44% higher than 56% 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 07012 · Bigfork Fire Department, MT 30 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,897
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bridgeport Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+ 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 MT department.
- Bigfork (this dept) 30
- High Friendship Fire C…, PA 30
- Near Bridgeport Volunt…, OH 30
- Near West Bryan County, OK 30
- Near Olive Township Fi…, MI 30
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bigfork, MT
- County
- Flathead County
- FDID
- 07012
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Bigfork Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #52 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,897 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster fringe
Bigfork Fire Department is 8.7% of Flathead County roster mass
The county lists 28 departments totaling 345 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 43% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.