Department profile
VolunteerGrassy Butte Fire Protection District
Grassy Butte, ND · Mckenzie County. Grassy Butte Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 50 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Grassy Butte Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Dakota average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +127%
- vs. North Dakota 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.
Grassy Butte Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Grassy Butte, ND (Mckenzie County), with 1 station and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,903 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,903 of 22,440
- ND personnel rank #14 of 249
- 2.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Mckenzie County
Grassy Butte Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 27144 · Grassy Butte Fire Protection District, ND 50 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,903
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Smithfield
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Smithfield Fire Department, NY (+ 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 ND department.
- Grassy Butte Fire… (this dept) 50
- High Fayetteville Volu…, PA 50
- Near Smithfield, NY 50
- Near Webster, MA 50
- Near Westborough, MA 50
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Grassy Butte, ND
- County
- Mckenzie County
- FDID
- 27144
Staffing vs the North Dakota average
How Grassy Butte Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #14 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,903 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 13
- ND departments
- 338
County roster weight
Grassy Butte Fire Protection District carries 45.9% of Mckenzie County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (109 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 57% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Smithfield Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ND department.