Department profile
Career (Paid)Helena Fire Department
Helena, MT · Lewis And Clark County. Helena Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 37 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Helena Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Montana average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- +147%
- 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.
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.
Helena Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Helena, MT (Lewis And Clark County), with 2 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,033 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,033 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #29 of 227
- 5.41 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Lewis And Clark County
Helena Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 05001 · Helena Fire Department, MT 37 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #7,033
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chesterfield Town…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Chesterfield Township Fire Department, MI (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Helena (this dept) 37
- High Cool Springs Volu…, NC 37
- Near Chesterfield Town…, MI 37
- Near Mount Clemens, MI 37
- Near Cumberland Valley…, PA 37
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Helena, MT
- County
- Lewis And Clark County
- FDID
- 05001
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Helena Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #29 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,033 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Lewis And Clark County
County mix is mostly volunteer (13 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Chesterfield Township Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.