Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderButte Fire Protection District
Butte, ND · Mclean County. Butte Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 100 total personnel. 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.
- 100
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Butte Fire Protection District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Dakota average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +355%
- vs. North Dakota average
- 1
- station
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.
Butte Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Butte, ND (Mclean County), with 1 station and 100 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #929 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #929 of 22,440
- ND personnel rank #2 of 249
- 1.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Mclean County
Butte Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
100 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 28043 · Butte Fire Protection District, ND 100 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 100
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #929
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fitchburg
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fitchburg Fire Department, MA (+ 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 ND department.
- Butte Fire Protec… (this dept) 100
- High Rancho Cucamonga…, CA 100
- Near Fitchburg, MA 100
- Near Bayville Fire Com…, NY 100
- Near Inwood, NY 100
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Butte, ND
- County
- Mclean County
- FDID
- 28043
Staffing vs the North Dakota average
How Butte Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #2 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #929 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 13
- ND departments
- 338
County roster weight
Butte Fire Protection District carries 29.0% of Mclean County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (345 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 78% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 100 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fitchburg Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 100 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ND department.