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Tongue River Fire Protection District

Ranchester, WY · Sheridan County. Tongue River Fire Protection District is a fire department and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

25
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Tongue River Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Wyoming average.

37th pct.
national personnel size
-14%
vs. Wyoming average

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
0/100
Tongue River Fire Protection District

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
No station count on file for this department
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
25 personnel

Tongue River Fire Protection District is a fire department serving Ranchester, WY (Sheridan County) and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,063 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #14,063 of 22,440
  • WY personnel rank #63 of 115
  • 7 other listed departments in Sheridan County

Tongue River Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

25 Top 63% higher than 37% 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 33517 · Tongue River Fire Protection District, WY 25 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #14,063
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Forest
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Forest Fire Department, OH (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every WY department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Ranchester, WY
FDID
33517

Staffing vs the Wyoming average

How Tongue River Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wyoming. In-state it ranks #63 of 115 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,063 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 14% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
10
WY departments
167

County roster geometry

Sheridan County HIFLD mix around Tongue River Fire Protection District

Sheridan County: 9 departments, 199 personnel (3 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 44% of departments. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Forest Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide departments near 25 personnel

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