Department profile
VolunteerColumbia Falls Fire Department
Columbia Falls, MT · Flathead County. Columbia Falls Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 21 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Columbia Falls Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Montana average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- +40%
- 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.
Columbia Falls Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Columbia Falls, MT (Flathead County), with 2 stations and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,189 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,189 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #129 of 227
- 9.52 stations per 100 personnel
- 22 other listed departments in Flathead County
Columbia Falls Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 07003 · Columbia Falls Fire Department, MT 21 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #16,189
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Webb Lake Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Webb Lake Volunteer Fire and Rescue, WI (+ 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.
- Columbia Falls (this dept) 21
- High Lyon Township Fir…, MI 21
- Near Webb Lake Volunte…, WI 21
- Near Vernon Center Vol…, MN 21
- Near New Madrid, MO 21
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Columbia Falls, MT
- County
- Flathead County
- FDID
- 07003
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Columbia Falls Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #129 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,189 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster fringe
Columbia Falls Fire Department is 6.1% of Flathead County roster mass
The county lists 28 departments totaling 345 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 43% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Webb Lake Volunteer Fire and Rescue, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.