Department profile
VolunteerCreston Rural Fire District
Kalispell, MT · Flathead County. Creston Rural Fire District is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Creston Rural Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Montana average.
- Top 34%
- national personnel size
- +133%
- vs. Montana average
- 4
- 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.
Creston Rural Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Kalispell, MT (Flathead County), with 4 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,710 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,710 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #31 of 227
- 11.43 stations per 100 personnel
- 22 other listed departments in Flathead County
Creston Rural Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 07016 · Creston Rural Fire District, MT 35 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #7,710
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bethesda Fire and…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH (+ 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.
- Creston Rural Fir… (this dept) 35
- High Battle Creek Volu…, NE 35
- Near Bethesda Fire and…, OH 35
- Near Pineville City, KY 35
- Near LA Porte City Fir…, IA 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Kalispell, MT
- County
- Flathead County
- FDID
- 07016
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Creston Rural Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #31 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,710 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster geometry
Flathead County HIFLD mix around Creston Rural Fire District
Flathead County: 28 departments, 345 personnel (13 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 43% of departments. County / state rollup.
11.43 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.