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Montana Fire Loss and Fire Department Profile

This page presents a snapshot of Montana fire losses reported through the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) in 2023.

Also included is information about Montana fire departments and firefighter and home fire fatalities in 2025.


Fire departments currently registered with the National Fire Department Registry.
159
Fire departments reported NFIRS data in 2023.

NFIRS data (2023)

All fire casualties in Montana

2.7
Deaths
5.8
Injuries
per 1,000 fires

In 2023, the national average for all fire casualties was 2.1 deaths and 6.4 injuries per 1,000 fires.

Residential structure fire casualties in Montana

7.5
Deaths
18.8
Injuries
per 1,000 fires

In 2023, the national average for residential structure fire casualties was 5.8 deaths and 19.7 injuries per 1,000 fires.

Fires casualties by general incident type

Fires casualties by general incident type
Incident type % of deaths National average % of injuries National average Firefighter % of injuries National average
Structures* 57.1 73.1 80 83.8 33.3 76.1
Structures/Residential 57.1 68.3 66.7 74.5 33.3 56.3
Vehicles 28.6 22.7 13.3 8.8 0 8.6
Outside 14.3 3.0 0 5.6 16.7 14.1

* Structures include residential and nonresidential buildings.

Incident types

Montana

Montana incident types
EMS 59%
Good Intent 17%
Service Calls 9.8%
False Alarms 6.3%
Fires 4%
Hazards 3.6%
Other 0.2%
Weather 0.1%
Explosions 0.1%

Table may not total 100 percent due to rounding.

National average

National average incident types
EMS 65.2%
Good intent 11.5%
False alarms 7.8%
Service calls 7.6%
Fires 3.9%
Hazards 3%
Other 0.8%
Weather 0.2%
Explosions 0.1%

Table may not total 100% due to rounding.

Fire departments (2025)

Source: National Fire Department Registry

Fire department types

Percentage of fire departments registered with the registry by department type.

Fire department types
Volunteer Mostly volunteer Mostly career Career
Montana % % % %
National average % % % %

Fire department specialized services

Percentage of fire departments registered with the registry that provided specialized services.

Fire department specialized services
% Advanced Life Support
% Airport/Aviation
% Basic Life Support
% Departmental (in-house) training academy
% Emergency medical services (EMS) ambulance transport
% EMS nontransport response
% Fireboat
% Fire/Injury prevention/Public education
% Fire inspection/Code enforcement
% Fire investigation/Fire cause determination
% Hazardous materials team
% Juvenile firesetter intervention program
% Technical/Specialized rescue
% Vehicle extrication
% Wildfire/Wildland Urban Interface