Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCentral Valley Fire District
Belgrade, MT · Gallatin County. Central Valley Fire District is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 54 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.
- 54
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Central Valley Fire District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Montana average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +260%
- vs. Montana average
- 4
- 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.
Central Valley Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Belgrade, MT (Gallatin County), with 4 stations and 54 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,322 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,322 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #11 of 227
- 7.41 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 23 other listed departments in Gallatin County
Central Valley Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
54 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 06012 · Central Valley Fire District, MT 54 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 54
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,322
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Conquest Fire Com…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Conquest Fire Company, NY (+ 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.
- Central Valley Fi… (this dept) 54
- High Hugo Volunteer Fi…, NC 54
- Near Conquest Fire Com…, NY 54
- Near Alabaster Fire an…, AL 54
- Near Birmingham Fire D…, MI 54
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Belgrade, MT
- County
- Gallatin County
- FDID
- 06012
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Central Valley Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #11 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,322 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster geometry
Gallatin County HIFLD mix around Central Valley Fire District
Gallatin County: 25 departments, 358 personnel (12 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 40% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 54 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Conquest Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 54 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.