Department profile

Volunteer

Saint Labre Fire Service

Ashland, MT · Rosebud County. Saint Labre Fire Service is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 14 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

14
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Saint Labre Fire Service pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Montana average.

7th pct.
national personnel size
-7%
vs. Montana average
2
stations

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
6/100
Saint Labre Fire Service

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 F
7 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
14 personnel · 2 stations

Saint Labre Fire Service is a Volunteer department serving Ashland, MT (Rosebud County), with 2 stations and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,905 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,905 of 22,440
  • MT personnel rank #200 of 227
  • 14.29 stations per 100 personnel
  • 5 other listed departments in Rosebud County

Saint Labre Fire Service vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 29071 · Saint Labre Fire Service, MT 14 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 14
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #20,905
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Yarmouth
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Yarmouth Fire Department, IA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Ashland, MT
FDID
29071

Staffing vs the Montana average

How Saint Labre Fire Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #200 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,905 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 7% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
19
MT departments
416

County roster fringe

Saint Labre Fire Service is 9.8% of Rosebud County roster mass

The county lists 6 departments totaling 143 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 33% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

14.29 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 14 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Yarmouth Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Ashland Rural Fire District
Ashland · other
Colstrip Fire District
Colstrip · volunteer
Forsyth Volunteer Fire Department
Forsyth · volunteer
Rosebud County Fire Department
Forsyth · volunteer
All MT departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.