Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Kalispell Fire Department

Kalispell, MT · Flathead County. Kalispell Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 35 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.

35
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

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

Top 35%
national personnel size
+133%
vs. Montana average
2
stations
$762,648
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
30/100
Kalispell 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 D
17.5 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
35 personnel · 2 stations

Kalispell Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Kalispell, MT (Flathead County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,874 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $762,648.

  • National personnel rank #7,874 of 22,440
  • MT personnel rank #33 of 227
  • 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 22 other listed departments in Flathead County

Kalispell Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

35 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 07001 · Kalispell Fire Department, MT 35 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 35
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,874
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Battle Creek Volu…
  • FEMA-MID $763K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Battle Creek Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Kalispell, MT
FDID
07001

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2010)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2010 EMW2009FH00340 $-1
2009 EMW-2009-FH-0034 $457,887
2009 EMW-2009-FO-0642 $304,762

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Montana average

How Kalispell Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #33 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,874 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 133% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
19
MT departments
416

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Flathead County

County mix is mostly volunteer (13 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Battle Creek Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Bad Rock Volunteer Fire Department
Columbia Falls · other
Big Mountain Fire and Rescue
Whitefish · volunteer
Bigfork Fire Department
Bigfork · volunteer
Blankenship Rural Fire Department
Columbia Falls · volunteer
Columbia Falls Fire Department
Columbia Falls · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 35 personnel

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

Battle Creek Volunteer Fire Department, NE 35 LA Porte City Fire and Rescue, IA 35 Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH 35 Pineville City Fire Department, KY 35 Neosho Fire Department, MO 35 Neosho Fire Department, MO 35 Huntington Woods Department of Public Safety, MI 35 Tequesta Fire Rescue, FL 35

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Kalispell Fire Department have?

Kalispell Fire Department has 35 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 133% above the Montana average of 15 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #7,874 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MT, it ranks #33 of 227 by personnel.

Does Kalispell Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Kalispell Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Kalispell Fire Department operate?

Kalispell Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Kalispell Fire Department?

Kalispell Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Flathead County, MT. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Kalispell Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Kalispell Fire Department has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $762,648 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2010 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2010.

How many fire departments are in Montana?

Montana has 416 fire departments with 6,294 total personnel. 54% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.