Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Conrad Volunteer Fire Department

Conrad, MT · Pondera County. Conrad Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

17
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Conrad Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Montana average.

15th pct.
national personnel size
+13%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
28/100
Conrad Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity D
17 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
17 personnel · 1 station

Conrad Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Conrad, MT (Pondera County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,060 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,060 of 22,440
  • MT personnel rank #174 of 227
  • 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 4 other listed departments in Pondera County

Conrad Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

17 Top 85% higher than 15% 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 26001 · Conrad Volunteer Fire Department, MT 17 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 17
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #19,060
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Amber Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Amber Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Conrad, MT
FDID
26001

Staffing vs the Montana average

How Conrad Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #174 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,060 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 13% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
19
MT departments
416

County roster weight

Conrad Volunteer Fire Department carries 41.5% of Pondera County HIFLD personnel

Among 5 listed departments (41 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.

5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Amber Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.