Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMontgomery Creek Volunteer Fire Company
Montgomery Creek, CA · Shasta County. Montgomery Creek Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 15 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Montgomery Creek Volunteer Fire Company pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.
- 9th pct.
- national personnel size
- -59%
- vs. California average
- 2
- 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.
Montgomery Creek Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Montgomery Creek, CA (Shasta County), with 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,336 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,336 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #629 of 721
- 13.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Shasta County
Montgomery Creek Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 45940 · Montgomery Creek Volunteer Fire Company, CA 15 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,336
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Helena Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North Helena 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 CA department.
- Montgomery Creek… (this dept) 15
- High Jumping Branch-Ni…, WV 15
- Near North Helena Volu…, LA 15
- Near Northrop, MN 15
- Near Emmett, ID 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Montgomery Creek, CA
- County
- Shasta County
- FDID
- 45940
Staffing vs the California average
How Montgomery Creek Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #629 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,336 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Montgomery Creek Volunteer Fire Company is 3.5% of Shasta County roster mass
The county lists 40 departments totaling 426 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 73% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
13.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North Helena Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.