Department profile
VolunteerLibby Volunteer Fire Department / Lincoln County Fire
Libby, MT · Lincoln County. Libby Volunteer Fire Department / Lincoln County Fire is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 28 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Libby Volunteer Fire Department / Lincoln County Fire pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Montana average.
- 48th pct.
- national personnel size
- +87%
- 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.
Libby Volunteer Fire Department / Lincoln County Fire is a Volunteer department serving Libby, MT (Lincoln County), with 2 stations and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,590 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,590 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #73 of 227
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Lincoln County
Libby Volunteer Fire Department / Lincoln County Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 52% higher than 48% 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 56011 · Libby Volunteer Fire Department / Lincoln County Fire, MT 28 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #11,590
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fillmore
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fillmore 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.
- Libby Volunteer F… (this dept) 28
- High Tecumseh Volunteer, NE 28
- Near Fillmore, CA 28
- Near Stewartville, MN 28
- Near Ligonier, IN 28
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Libby, MT
- County
- Lincoln County
- FDID
- 56011
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Libby Volunteer Fire Department / Lincoln County Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #73 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,590 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster geometry
Lincoln County HIFLD mix around Libby Volunteer Fire Department / Lincoln County Fire
Lincoln County: 12 departments, 186 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 25% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fillmore Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.