Mountain View Volunteer Fire Department

What This Data Tells You About Mountain View Volunteer Fire Department

Mountain View Volunteer Fire Department operates as a Volunteer department in Mountain View, within Kiowa County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports 13 total personnel, 1 station, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as not provided.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. Oklahoma has 1,049 registered fire departments and 12,710 total personnel, averaging roughly 12 staff per department. Mountain View Volunteer Fire Department runs 8% above that state average, signalling a larger-than-typical crew likely tied to denser population or higher call volume. The state records about 29,600 fires, 68 fire deaths, and 44% volunteer coverage each year, which shapes training, funding priorities, and mutual-aid patterns felt at every department in the state.

No FEMA AFG or SAFER grant awards are recorded against this department's FDID in USAspending data, which is common for smaller or volunteer-heavy organizations that lean on state and local funding instead.