Department profile
VolunteerColstrip Fire District
Colstrip, MT · Rosebud County. Colstrip Fire District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Colstrip Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Montana average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- +120%
- vs. Montana average
- 2
- 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.
Colstrip Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Colstrip, MT (Rosebud County), with 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,637 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,637 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #39 of 227
- 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Rosebud County
Colstrip Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 29061 · Colstrip Fire District, MT 33 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #8,637
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Florida Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Florida Volunteer Fire Department, 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.
- Colstrip Fire Dis… (this dept) 33
- High Amsterdam, NY 33
- Near Florida Volunteer, NY 33
- Near Cooks Peak Volunt…, NM 33
- Near Jackson Township, IN 33
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Colstrip, MT
- County
- Rosebud County
- FDID
- 29061
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Colstrip Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #39 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,637 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster geometry
Rosebud County HIFLD mix around Colstrip Fire District
Rosebud County: 6 departments, 143 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Florida Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.