Department profile
VolunteerMeagher County Rural Fire Department
White Sulphur Springs, MT · Meagher County. Meagher County Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Meagher County Rural Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Montana average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- +113%
- vs. Montana average
- 4
- 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.
Meagher County Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving White Sulphur Springs, MT (Meagher County), with 4 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,194 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,194 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #44 of 227
- 12.50 stations per 100 personnel
- 1 other listed department in Meagher County
Meagher County Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 47099 · Meagher County Rural Fire Department, MT 32 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,194
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Columbia Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Columbia Township Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Meagher County Ru… (this dept) 32
- High Wellington Commun…, OH 32
- Near Columbia Township, OH 32
- Near Eaton Township Fi…, OH 32
- Near Weed City Volunte…, CA 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- White Sulphur Springs, MT
- County
- Meagher County
- FDID
- 47099
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Meagher County Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #44 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,194 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster weight
Meagher County Rural Fire Department carries 100.0% of Meagher County HIFLD personnel
Among 2 listed departments (32 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
12.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Columbia Township Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.