Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department

Cadiz, KY · Trigg County. Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 19 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.

19
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Kentucky average.

19th pct.
national personnel size
-10%
vs. Kentucky 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
35/100
Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity D
19 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
19 personnel · 1 station

Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cadiz, KY (Trigg County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,094 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,094 of 22,440
  • KY personnel rank #492 of 606
  • 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Trigg County

Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

19 Top 81% higher than 19% 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 B0568 · Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department, KY 19 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 19
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #18,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albion Fire Depar…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Albion Fire Department Rural Fire Protection District, IL (+ 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 KY department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Cadiz, KY
FDID
B0568

Staffing vs the Kentucky average

How Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #492 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,094 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 10% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
93
KY departments
981

County roster geometry

Trigg County HIFLD mix around Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department

Trigg County: 9 departments, 165 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Albion Fire Department Rural Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.