Department profile
Career (Paid)Montana State Prison
Deer Lodge, MT · Powell County. Montana State Prison is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Montana State Prison pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Montana average.
- Top 22%
- national personnel size
- +200%
- 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.
Montana State Prison is a Career (Paid) department serving Deer Lodge, MT (Powell County), with 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,920 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,920 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #14 of 227
- 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Powell County
Montana State Prison vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 22% higher than 78% 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 28091 · Montana State Prison, MT 45 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #4,920
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Brighton
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Brighton Fire Department, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Montana State Pri… (this dept) 45
- High Clifton, NY 45
- Near West Brighton, NY 45
- Near Mumford, NY 45
- Near Honeoye Falls, NY 45
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Deer Lodge, MT
- County
- Powell County
- FDID
- 28091
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Montana State Prison's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #14 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,920 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster weight
Montana State Prison carries 35.7% of Powell County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (126 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 38% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Brighton Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.