Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Geraldine Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance

Geraldine, MT · Chouteau County. Geraldine Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 22 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.

22
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Geraldine Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Montana average.

30th pct.
national personnel size
+47%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
45/100
Geraldine Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance

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
22 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
22 personnel · 1 station

Geraldine Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance is a Volunteer department serving Geraldine, MT (Chouteau County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,632 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,632 of 22,440
  • MT personnel rank #123 of 227
  • 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 7 other listed departments in Chouteau County

Geraldine Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance vs. the national personnel distribution

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

22 Top 70% higher than 30% 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 19002 · Geraldine Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance, MT 22 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 22
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #15,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Woodland Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Woodland Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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
Geraldine, MT
FDID
19002

Staffing vs the Montana average

How Geraldine Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #123 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,632 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 47% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
19
MT departments
416

County roster geometry

Chouteau County HIFLD mix around Geraldine Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance

Chouteau County: 8 departments, 94 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 25% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Woodland Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel

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