Department profile

Volunteer

Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department

Whitehall, MT · Jefferson County. Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

21
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Montana average.

26th pct.
national personnel size
+40%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
42/100
Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department

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 C
21 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
21 personnel · 1 station

Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Whitehall, MT (Jefferson County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,607 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,607 of 22,440
  • MT personnel rank #136 of 227
  • 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
  • 7 other listed departments in Jefferson County

Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

21 Top 74% higher than 26% 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 51002 · Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department, MT 21 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 21
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #16,607
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jasper Fire Stati…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Jasper Fire Station, AR (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Whitehall, MT
FDID
51002

Staffing vs the Montana average

How Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Montana. In-state it ranks #136 of 227 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,607 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 40% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
19
MT departments
416

County roster weight

Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department carries 25.3% of Jefferson County HIFLD personnel

Among 10 listed departments (83 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Jasper Fire Station, AR (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel

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