Department profile
VolunteerLost Creek Antelope Gulch Volunteer Fire Department
Anaconda, MT · Deer Lodge County. Lost Creek Antelope Gulch Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Lost Creek Antelope Gulch Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Montana average.
- 7th pct.
- national personnel size
- -7%
- 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.
Lost Creek Antelope Gulch Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Anaconda, MT (Deer Lodge County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,812 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,812 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #199 of 227
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Deer Lodge County
Lost Creek Antelope Gulch Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 30002 · Lost Creek Antelope Gulch Volunteer Fire Department, MT 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,812
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dallas Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Dallas Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+ 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.
- Lost Creek Antelo… (this dept) 14
- High Unity, SC 14
- Near Dallas Volunteer, SD 14
- Near Superior, IA 14
- Near Cedar Creek Volun…, TN 14
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Anaconda, MT
- County
- Deer Lodge County
- FDID
- 30002
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Lost Creek Antelope Gulch Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #199 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,812 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster geometry
Deer Lodge County HIFLD mix around Lost Creek Antelope Gulch Volunteer Fire Department
Deer Lodge County: 6 departments, 82 personnel (3 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 17% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Dallas Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.