Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFrenchtown Rural Fire District
Frenchtown, MT · Missoula County. Frenchtown Rural Fire District is a Volunteer department, 8 stations and 75 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.
- 75
- Total personnel
- 8
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Frenchtown Rural Fire District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Montana average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +400%
- vs. Montana average
- 8
- 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.
Frenchtown Rural Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Frenchtown, MT (Missoula County), with 8 stations and 75 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,662 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,662 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #8 of 227
- 10.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Missoula County
Frenchtown Rural Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
75 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 04012 · Frenchtown Rural Fire District, MT 75 personnel · 8 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 75
- STA-MULTI 8 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,662
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Burlington
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Burlington Fire Department, VT (+ 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.
- Frenchtown Rural… (this dept) 75
- High Liberty Road Volu…, MD 75
- Near Burlington, VT 75
- Near Florence Township, NJ 75
- Near Jacksonville Volu…, MD 75
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Frenchtown, MT
- County
- Missoula County
- FDID
- 04012
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Frenchtown Rural Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #8 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,662 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 8
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster geometry
Missoula County HIFLD mix around Frenchtown Rural Fire District
Missoula County: 13 departments, 376 personnel (7 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 31% of departments. County / state rollup.
10.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 75 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Burlington Fire Department, VT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 75 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.