Department profile
VolunteerSand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department
Sand Coulee, MT · Cascade County. Sand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Sand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Montana average.
- Top 50%
- national personnel size
- +93%
- 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.
Sand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sand Coulee, MT (Cascade County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,204 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,204 of 22,440
- MT personnel rank #60 of 227
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- 18 other listed departments in Cascade County
Sand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 02031 · Sand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department, MT 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #11,204
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Short Tract
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Short Tract Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Sand Coulee Volun… (this dept) 29
- High Tuscumbia, AL 29
- Near Short Tract, NY 29
- Near Box Elder, SD 29
- Near Raymond Volunteer…, NE 29
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sand Coulee, MT
- County
- Cascade County
- FDID
- 02031
Staffing vs the Montana average
How Sand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #60 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,204 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 19
- MT departments
- 416
County roster fringe
Sand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department is 9.0% of Cascade County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 323 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 33% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Short Tract Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MT department.