Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDarby Volunteer Fire Department
Darby, MT · Ravalli County. Darby Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Darby Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Montana average.
- 49th pct.
- national personnel size
- +87%
- 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.
Darby Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Darby, MT (Ravalli County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,421 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,421 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #68 of 227
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Ravalli County
Darby Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 13002 · Darby Volunteer Fire Department, MT 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,421
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Belden Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Belden Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 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.
- Darby Volunteer (this dept) 28
- High Talbot County Fir…, GA 28
- Near Belden Volunteer, NE 28
- Near Cedar Fire Depart…, IA 28
- Near Franklin Township…, PA 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Darby, MT
- County
- Ravalli County
- FDID
- 13002
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Darby Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #68 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,421 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
Ravalli County HIFLD mix around Darby Volunteer Fire Department
Ravalli County: 14 departments, 180 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 43% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Belden Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.