Department profile
VolunteerDixon Rural Fire Department
Dixon, MT · Sanders County. Dixon Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 17 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 17
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Dixon Rural Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Montana average.
- 15th pct.
- national personnel size
- +13%
- 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.
Dixon Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Dixon, MT (Sanders County), with 2 stations and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,090 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,090 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #175 of 227
- 11.76 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Sanders County
Dixon Rural 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 MT-DIXON-RURAL-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-MT · Dixon Rural Fire Department, MT 17 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,090
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Anchor
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Anchor Fire Department, IL (+ 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.
- Dixon Rural (this dept) 17
- High Berlin Volunteer…, OK 17
- Near Anchor, IL 17
- Near Augusta Fire Prot…, IL 17
- Near Baylis Fire Prote…, IL 17
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Dixon, MT
- County
- Sanders County
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Dixon Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #175 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,090 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
Sanders County HIFLD mix around Dixon Rural Fire Department
Sanders County: 11 departments, 112 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 36% of departments. County / state rollup.
11.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 17 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Anchor Fire Department, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.