Department profile
VolunteerClarkston Fire Service Area
Three Forks, MT · Gallatin County. Clarkston Fire Service Area is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 42 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Clarkston Fire Service Area pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Montana average.
- Top 24%
- national personnel size
- +180%
- 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.
Clarkston Fire Service Area is a Volunteer department serving Three Forks, MT (Gallatin County), with 1 station and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,459 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,459 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #16 of 227
- 2.38 stations per 100 personnel
- 23 other listed departments in Gallatin County
Clarkston Fire Service Area vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 24% higher than 76% 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 06014 · Clarkston Fire Service Area, MT 42 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #5,459
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Friendship Hook a…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Friendship Hook and Ladder Company, PA (+ 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.
- Clarkston Fire Se… (this dept) 42
- High North Shelby Coun…, AL 42
- Near Friendship Hook a…, PA 42
- Near Throop Volunteer, NY 42
- Near Oley Fire Company…, PA 42
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Three Forks, MT
- County
- Gallatin County
- FDID
- 06014
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Clarkston Fire Service Area's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #16 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,459 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
Gallatin County HIFLD mix around Clarkston Fire Service Area
Gallatin County: 25 departments, 358 personnel (12 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 40% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Friendship Hook and Ladder Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.