Department profile
VolunteerLewis and Clark County Volunteer Fire Department
Helena, MT · Lewis And Clark County. Lewis and Clark County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 17 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 17
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Lewis and Clark County Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Montana average.
- 15th pct.
- national personnel size
- +13%
- 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.
Lewis and Clark County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Helena, MT (Lewis And Clark County), with 2 stations and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,183 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,183 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #176 of 227
- 11.76 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Lewis And Clark County
Lewis and Clark County Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
17 Top 85% higher than 15% 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 05099 · Lewis and Clark County Volunteer Fire Department, MT 17 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,183
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Finchburg Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Finchburg Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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.
- Lewis and Clark C… (this dept) 17
- High Hendricks Townshi…, MI 17
- Near Finchburg Volunte…, AL 17
- Near Mokelumne Hill Fi…, CA 17
- Near Georgia Mountain…, AL 17
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Helena, MT
- County
- Lewis And Clark County
- FDID
- 05099
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Lewis and Clark County Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #176 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,183 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster fringe
Lewis and Clark County Volunteer Fire Department is 5.9% of Lewis And Clark County roster mass
The county lists 25 departments totaling 287 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 4% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
11.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 17 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Finchburg Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.