Tongue River Fire Protection District

What This Data Tells You About Tongue River Fire Protection District

Tongue River Fire Protection District operates as a fire department in Ranchester, within Sheridan County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports 25 total personnel, no station count on file, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as not provided.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. Wyoming has 167 registered fire departments and 4,872 total personnel, averaging roughly 29 staff per department. Tongue River Fire Protection District runs 14% below that state average, signalling a leaner crew typical of smaller jurisdictions or heavily volunteer-staffed areas. The state records about 5,500 fires, 10 fire deaths, and 49% volunteer coverage each year, which shapes training, funding priorities, and mutual-aid patterns felt at every department in the state.

No FEMA AFG or SAFER grant awards are recorded against this department's FDID in USAspending data, which is common for smaller or volunteer-heavy organizations that lean on state and local funding instead.