Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLavina Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Lavina, MT · Golden Valley County. Lavina Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 12 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.
- 12
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lavina Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Montana average.
- 4th pct.
- national personnel size
- -20%
- 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.
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.
Lavina Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Lavina, MT (Golden Valley County), with 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,457 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,457 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #208 of 227
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 1 other listed department in Golden Valley County
Lavina Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
12 Top 96% higher than 4% 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 53001 · Lavina Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, MT 12 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 12
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,457
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Trinity Center Vo…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Trinity Center Volunteer Fire Department, CA (+ 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.
- Lavina Volunteer… (this dept) 12
- High Paden Volunteer, OK 12
- Near Trinity Center Vo…, CA 12
- Near Pleasureville, KY 12
- Near Boley, OK 12
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lavina, MT
- County
- Golden Valley County
- FDID
- 53001
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Lavina Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #208 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,457 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster weight
Lavina Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services carries 100.0% of Golden Valley County HIFLD personnel
Among 2 listed departments (12 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 12 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Trinity Center Volunteer Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.