Department profile

Volunteer

Georgetown Lake Volunteer Fire Company

Anaconda, MT · Deer Lodge County. Georgetown Lake Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 41 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

41
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Georgetown Lake Volunteer Fire Company pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Montana average.

Top 25%
national personnel size
+173%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
40/100
Georgetown Lake Volunteer Fire Company

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.

Staffing capacity C
20.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
41 personnel · 2 stations

Georgetown Lake Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Anaconda, MT (Deer Lodge County), with 2 stations and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,696 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #5,696 of 22,440
  • MT personnel rank #17 of 227
  • 4.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • 5 other listed departments in Deer Lodge County

Georgetown Lake Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

41 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 30031 · Georgetown Lake Volunteer Fire Company, MT 41 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 41
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #5,696
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Bowers Volu…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: South Bowers Volunteer Fire Company, DE (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Anaconda, MT
FDID
30031

Staffing vs the Montana average

How Georgetown Lake Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #17 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,696 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 173% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
19
MT departments
416

County roster weight

Georgetown Lake Volunteer Fire Company carries 50.0% of Deer Lodge County HIFLD personnel

Among 6 listed departments (82 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 41 roster).

Photo-finish peer: South Bowers Volunteer Fire Company, DE (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.