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Opal Fire Department

Mud Butte, SD · Meade County. Opal Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Opal 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
No station count on file for this department
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
Other department profile

Opal Fire Department is a fire department serving Mud Butte, SD (Meade County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Meade County

Dispatch plate

Sheet 49006 · Opal Fire Department, SD personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Mud Butte, SD
FDID
49006

County roster geometry

Meade County HIFLD mix around Opal Fire Department

Meade County: 11 departments, 177 personnel (5 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 55% of departments. County / state rollup.

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Opal Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Opal Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Opal Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Opal Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Opal Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Opal Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Opal Fire Department?

Opal Fire Department is a fire department serving Meade County, SD.

How many fire departments are in South Dakota?

South Dakota has 365 fire departments with 7,257 total personnel. 69% are volunteer departments.

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.