Department profile

Volunteer

Grant Fire Department

Dillon, MT · Beaverhead County. Grant Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

30
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Grant Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Montana average.

Top 45%
national personnel size
+100%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
67/100
Grant Fire Department

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 B
30 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
30 personnel · 1 station

Grant Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Dillon, MT (Beaverhead County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,193 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #10,193 of 22,440
  • MT personnel rank #53 of 227
  • 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • 6 other listed departments in Beaverhead County

Grant Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 45% higher than 55% 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 18012 · Grant Fire Department, MT 30 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 30
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #10,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tice Fire Protect…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Tice Fire Protection and Rescue District, FL (+ 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
Dillon, MT
FDID
18012

Staffing vs the Montana average

How Grant Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #53 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,193 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 100% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
19
MT departments
416

County roster geometry

Beaverhead County HIFLD mix around Grant Fire Department

Beaverhead County: 7 departments, 156 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 57% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Tice Fire Protection and Rescue District, FL (+0 personnel).

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

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Wisdom Fire Department
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel

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