Department profile
VolunteerFort Benton Volunteer Fire Department
Fort Benton, MT · Chouteau County. Fort Benton Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Fort Benton Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Montana average.
- 24th pct.
- national personnel size
- +33%
- 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.
Fort Benton Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Fort Benton, MT (Chouteau County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,041 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,041 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #143 of 227
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Chouteau County
Fort Benton Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 76% higher than 24% 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 19001 · Fort Benton Volunteer Fire Department, MT 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #17,041
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kellyville Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kellyville 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.
- Fort Benton Volun… (this dept) 20
- High Swartswood Volunt…, NJ 20
- Near Kellyville Volunt…, OK 20
- Near Mount Vernon Volu…, MD 20
- Near Fort Thomas Fire…, KY 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Fort Benton, MT
- County
- Chouteau County
- FDID
- 19001
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Fort Benton Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #143 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,041 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
Chouteau County HIFLD mix around Fort Benton Volunteer Fire Department
Chouteau County: 8 departments, 94 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 25% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kellyville Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.