Department profile

Volunteer

Jackson Fire Department

Jackson, MT · Beaverhead County. Jackson 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

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

Top 46%
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
Jackson 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

Jackson Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Jackson, 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 #10,283 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #10,283 of 22,440
  • MT personnel rank #54 of 227
  • 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • 6 other listed departments in Beaverhead County

Jackson Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 46% higher than 54% 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 18032 · Jackson 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 #10,283
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brooklyn Heights…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Brooklyn Heights Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+ 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
Jackson, MT
FDID
18032

Staffing vs the Montana average

How Jackson Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #54 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,283 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 Jackson 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: Brooklyn Heights Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).

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

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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.