Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSentinel Rural Fire Protection District / Sentinel Butte Volunteer Fire Department
Sentinel Butte, ND · Golden Valley County. Sentinel Rural Fire Protection District / Sentinel Butte Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sentinel Rural Fire Protection District / Sentinel Butte Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Dakota average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- +14%
- vs. North Dakota 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.
Sentinel Rural Fire Protection District / Sentinel Butte Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sentinel Butte, ND (Golden Valley County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,962 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,962 of 22,440
- ND personnel rank #139 of 249
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Golden Valley County
Sentinel Rural Fire Protection District / Sentinel Butte Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 17318 · Sentinel Rural Fire Protection District / Sentinel Butte Volunteer Fire Department, ND 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,962
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Priest Lake
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Priest Lake Fire Department, ID (+ 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 ND department.
- Sentinel Rural Fi… (this dept) 25
- High Capron Volunteer…, VA 25
- Near West Priest Lake, ID 25
- Near Saltville Volunte…, VA 25
- Near Latta, SC 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sentinel Butte, ND
- County
- Golden Valley County
- FDID
- 17318
Staffing vs the North Dakota average
How Sentinel Rural Fire Protection District / Sentinel Butte Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #139 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,962 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 13
- ND departments
- 338
County roster weight
Sentinel Rural Fire Protection District / Sentinel Butte Volunteer Fire Department carries 33.8% of Golden Valley County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (74 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 75% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Priest Lake Fire Department, ID (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ND department.