Cascade County MT FD numbering scheme

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the fire engine numbering scheme seems to be based on the rural fire service area numbering scheme which in turn seems to be based on a alphabetical listing of the rural fire areas (RFA aka rural fire fee areas]

belt has engine 201 and tanker 207

black eagle has engine 301

cascade is rural fire 4

fort shaw is unknown ... maybe is 5

gore hill has brush 605

monarch has engine 707 and seems to be rfa 7

neihart is unknown ... maybe is 8

sand coulee has eng 905 etc

simms might be rfa 15

stockett is unknown

sun river is unknown

ulm might be rfa 15 but see simms above

vaughn has Eng 1401 etc

cascade farmers fd has eng 1700 as seen on their facebook

other FDs are great falls fd and ang fd at great falls airport and malstrom afb fd

and there is also maybe ... cascade rural + missouri river + centerville + dearborn (which is in cascade and lewis and clark counties] (they have engine numbers on their website ... I didnt grab them ... might have been 1600]

other odd balls are belt rural and belt city which both have fdid numbers

I dont see this info listed anywhere else on the internet ... unless it is in their 2007 county wildfire document ... have not had a chance to check that out yet

am getting the rfa numbers from the 2011 county 911 map book ... dont see them listed anywhere else

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the 2017 county pre disaster mitigation plan has maps that show the repeater locations for the radio system ... and shows fire stations
 

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consulting the 2011 county 911 mapbook further ... we find ....

the rural fire departments in Cascade County Montana numbering scheme

2 Belt
3 Black Eagle
4 Cascade
5 Fort Shaw
6 Gore Hill
7 Monarch
8 Neihart
9 Sand Coulee
11 Stockett
12 Sun River
13 Ulm
14 Vaughn
15 Simms
16 Dearborn (station is in Lewis and Clark County ... it is a bi county fire service area]
17 ?Cascade Farmers Ranchers? FD ... does not seem to be a FSA

no 1 and no 10

17, 15, and 16 are the only ones not in alphabetical order but they are in numeritical order :)

we suspect this sort of numbering scheme is very common across the USA .... agencys are listed in alphabetical order; and then numbered from that list ... northern Worcester County Mass comes to mind ... 1 is Athol ... 2 is Ashburnham ... 10 is Fitchburg ... etc ... other countys might number their units based on geography or based upon the date the station opened for business etc
 
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