Department profile
VolunteerChoteau Volunteer Fire Department
Choteau, MT · Teton County. Choteau Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Choteau Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Montana average.
- 41st pct.
- national personnel size
- +67%
- vs. Montana 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.
Choteau Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Choteau, MT (Teton County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,181 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,181 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #97 of 227
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Teton County
Choteau Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 31001 · Choteau Volunteer Fire Department, MT 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #13,181
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cascade
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cascade Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Choteau Volunteer (this dept) 25
- High Casco Volunteer, WI 25
- Near Cascade, IA 25
- Near New Middletown Vo…, IN 25
- Near New Vienna Luxemb…, IA 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Choteau, MT
- County
- Teton County
- FDID
- 31001
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Choteau Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #97 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,181 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster geometry
Teton County HIFLD mix around Choteau Volunteer Fire Department
Teton County: 5 departments, 118 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 20% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cascade Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.