Department profile
VolunteerMonticello Placita Volunteer Fire Department
Monticello, NM · Sierra County. Monticello Placita Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Monticello Placita Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Mexico average.
- Top 35%
- national personnel size
- +150%
- vs. New Mexico 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.
Monticello Placita Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Monticello, NM (Sierra County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,965 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,965 of 22,440
- NM personnel rank #28 of 197
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Sierra County
Monticello Placita Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 51031 · Monticello Placita Volunteer Fire Department, NM 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #7,965
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Savona Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Savona Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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 NM department.
- Monticello Placit… (this dept) 35
- High Hillsboro, NH 35
- Near Savona Volunteer, NY 35
- Near Bayou Vista Volun…, LA 35
- Near Corning, NY 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Monticello, NM
- County
- Sierra County
- FDID
- 51031
Staffing vs the New Mexico average
How Monticello Placita Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #28 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,965 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 32
- NM departments
- 446
County roster geometry
Sierra County HIFLD mix around Monticello Placita Volunteer Fire Department
Sierra County: 15 departments, 160 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Savona Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.