Department profile
OtherTongue 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.
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.
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.
- Tongue River Fire… (this dept) 25
- High South Wayne Volun…, WI 25
- Near Forest, OH 25
- Near Ogilvie Volunteer, MN 25
- Near Riverside County, CA 25
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Ranchester, WY
- County
- Sheridan County
- 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.
- 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
Nationwide departments near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WY department.