Phillips County Volunteer Fire Company - Saco Station

What This Data Tells You About Phillips County Volunteer Fire Company - Saco Station

Phillips County Volunteer Fire Company - Saco Station operates as a fire department in Saco, within Phillips County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports unreported personnel, no station count on file, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as active.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. Montana has 416 registered fire departments and 6,294 total personnel, averaging roughly 15 staff per department. Direct staffing comparisons are limited where personnel counts are not reported. The state records about 8,500 fires, 19 fire deaths, and 54% 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.