Department profile
VolunteerCheadle Fire District
Grass Range, MT · Fergus County. Cheadle Fire District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 120 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 120
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Cheadle Fire District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Montana average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +700%
- 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.
Cheadle Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Grass Range, MT (Fergus County), with 3 stations and 120 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #667 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #667 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #2 of 227
- 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Fergus County
Cheadle Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
120 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 08033 · Cheadle Fire District, MT 120 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 120
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #667
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Huber Engineered…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Huber Engineered Wood Limited Liability Company - Fire Brigade, VA (+ 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.
- Cheadle Fire Dist… (this dept) 120
- High Ferndale Voluntee…, PA 120
- Near Huber Engineered…, VA 120
- Near Gerry Volunteer F…, NY 120
- Near Community Fire Co…, MD 120
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Grass Range, MT
- County
- Fergus County
- FDID
- 08033
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Cheadle Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #2 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #667 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster weight
Cheadle Fire District carries 28.1% of Fergus County HIFLD personnel
Among 17 listed departments (427 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 71% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 120 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Huber Engineered Wood Limited Liability Company - Fire Brigade, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 120 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.