Department profile

Volunteer

Lincoln Rural Fire District

Lincoln, MT · Lewis And Clark County. Lincoln Rural Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

18
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Lincoln Rural Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Montana average.

17th 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
32/100
Lincoln Rural Fire District

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
18 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
18 personnel · 1 station

Lincoln Rural Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Lincoln, MT (Lewis And Clark County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,638 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,638 of 22,440
  • MT personnel rank #165 of 227
  • 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
  • 19 other listed departments in Lewis And Clark County

Lincoln Rural Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

18 Top 83% higher than 17% 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 05031 · Lincoln Rural Fire District, MT 18 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 18
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #18,638
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fifth Ward Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Fifth Ward Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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
Lincoln, MT
FDID
05031

Staffing vs the Montana average

How Lincoln Rural Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #165 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,638 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 20% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
19
MT departments
416

County roster fringe

Lincoln Rural Fire District is 6.3% 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.

5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Fifth Ward Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).

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

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East Helena Volunteer Fire Department
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel

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