Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPlentywood City Volunteer Fire Department
Plentywood, MT · Sheridan County. Plentywood City Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Plentywood City Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Montana average.
- 43rd pct.
- national personnel size
- +73%
- vs. Montana 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.
Plentywood City Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Plentywood, MT (Sheridan County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,817 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,817 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #92 of 227
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Sheridan County
Plentywood City Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 34012 · Plentywood City Volunteer Fire Department, MT 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,817
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Freeport Voluntee…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Freeport Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH (+ 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 MT department.
- Plentywood City V… (this dept) 26
- High City of Atwater, MN 26
- Near Freeport Voluntee…, OH 26
- Near Hebron Volunteer, MS 26
- Near City of Cavalier…, ND 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Plentywood, MT
- County
- Sheridan County
- FDID
- 34012
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Plentywood City Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #92 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,817 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster weight
Plentywood City Volunteer Fire Department carries 34.2% of Sheridan County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (76 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Freeport Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.