Department profile
VolunteerMontevideo Fire Department
Montevideo, MN · Chippewa County. Montevideo Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Montevideo Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Minnesota average.
- Top 50%
- national personnel size
- +38%
- vs. Minnesota average
- 1
- station
- $835,788
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Montevideo Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Montevideo, MN (Chippewa County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,132 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $835,788.
- National personnel rank #11,132 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #194 of 614
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Chippewa County
Montevideo Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 12304 · Montevideo Fire Department, MN 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #11,132
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ault Pierce Fire…
- FEMA-MID $836K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ault Pierce Fire Protection District - Ault Station, CO (+ 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 MN department.
- Montevideo (this dept) 29
- High Dane Volunteer, WI 29
- Near Ault Pierce Fire…, CO 29
- Near Coolidge, AZ 29
- Near Victor Rural Fire…, MT 29
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Montevideo, MN
- County
- Chippewa County
- FDID
- 12304
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-06367 | $219,047.61 |
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FR-0016 | $616,740 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Montevideo Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #194 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,132 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster weight
Montevideo Fire Department carries 40.8% of Chippewa County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (71 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ault Pierce Fire Protection District - Ault Station, CO (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.