Bigfork Fire Hall

What Bigfork Fire Hall does

Bigfork Fire Department is a municipal fire protection district operating under Montana state law as a public/government entity. It provides fire suppression, emergency medical services (including 24/7 paramedic-level ambulance service), rescue operations, hazardous materials response, traffic accident response, and public safety education to residents and property owners within a 186-square-mile service area spanning parts of Flathead and Lake counties in Montana. The organization is headquartered at Station 31 (Nelson Hall) in downtown Bigfork, with two additional stations: Station 32 (Echo Lake Fire Hall) and Station 33 (Woods Bay Fire Hall).

The department operates with a lean full-time professional staff of 9 employees and is governed by a Board of Trustees. Its technology stack is minimal and non-proprietary, consisting of standard third-party tools including Active911 for emergency dispatch and response coordination. The entity relies on the 911 dispatch system as the primary intake channel for service delivery, and its public-facing presence is limited to a website and social media channels (X, Facebook, Instagram) used for community engagement and emergency information dissemination.

As a publicly funded fire protection district, Bigfork Fire Department does not operate on a commercial revenue model. No pricing, revenue, funding, or financial data is publicly disclosed. The organization is not a for-profit enterprise and has no parent company, subsidiaries, mergers, acquisitions, or investment activity. Its strategic and operational decisions are governed by public trustee oversight and any taxpayer/appropriation funding characteristic of Montana municipal fire districts.

Name

Bigfork Fire Hall

Legal name

Bigfork Fire Department

Website

https://bigforkfd.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Bigfork Fire Department is a municipal fire protection district in Bigfork, Montana, providing fire suppression, 24/7 paramedic-level EMS, rescue, and hazardous materials response across a 186-square-mile area spanning Flathead and Lake counties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Safety and Emergency Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (621910)

akta.pro primary industry

Fire & Rescue Services (Fire Suppression, Rescue) (BPAIAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Wildfire Suppression & Incident Response (AFAMAEAE)

Keywords

• Fire suppression services
• Emergency medical services
• Rescue operations
• Hazardous materials response
• Public safety education

Headquarters

HQ city

Bigfork

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Bigfork Fire Department provides fire suppression, 24/7 paramedic-level emergency medical services and ambulance transport, technical rescue, hazardous materials response, and traffic accident response across a 186-square-mile coverage area spanning parts of Flathead and Lake counties in Montana. The department also offers public safety education programs, burn permits, and address sign services to district residents.

Product overview

Bigfork Fire Department operates as a unified emergency services organization providing fire suppression, emergency medical services, rescue operations, and hazardous materials response. The department operates three stations (Station 31, Station 32, and Station 33) across a 186-square-mile service area. Core services include 24/7 paramedic-level ambulance transport, structure and wildland fire response, technical rescue, and public safety education programs including burn permits and fire safety resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fire Suppression Services Response and suppression of structure fires and wildland fires across the 186-square-mile coverage area spanning parts of Flathead and Lake counties in Montana.
• Emergency Medical Services (EMS) 24/7 paramedic-level ambulance service providing emergency medical care and transport to residents and visitors within the service area.
• Rescue Services Technical rescue operations including vehicle extrication, water rescue, and other rescue scenarios in the Bigfork area.
• Hazardous Materials Response Emergency response to hazardous materials incidents, chemical spills, and other dangerous situations within the coverage area.
• Traffic Accident Response Emergency response to traffic accidents including patient care, extrication, and traffic control support.
• Public Safety Education Fire and family safety education programs, burn permits, and community safety resources for Bigfork residents.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Whitefish Fire Department: Career and volunteer fire/EMS department serving Whitefish, MT, in adjacent Flathead County. Directly comparable in offering integrated fire suppression, EMS, and rescue services to a similar Montana mountain-lake community.
• Columbia Falls Fire Department: Fire and EMS department serving Columbia Falls in Flathead County. Comparable rural-suburban Montana jurisdiction providing structure fire, wildland fire, and EMS response with a similar career-volunteer staffing model.
• Polson Fire Department: Fire and EMS department based in Polson, MT, within Lake County—the same county as Bigfork's coverage. Direct geographic peer offering comparable integrated fire and EMS response in a similar rural Montana lakeside setting.
• Kalispell Fire Department: Larger career fire department in Flathead County providing fire suppression, EMS, and technical rescue. Comparable in service scope to Bigfork, though operating at greater scale and serving the county's main urban center.
• Lakeside QRU & Fire Department: Fire and EMS provider serving the Lakeside-Somers area along Flathead Lake. Comparable small-to-mid Montana fire district offering similar structure and wildland fire response and EMS coverage.
• Missoula Rural Fire District: Combination fire and EMS district serving the greater Missoula area in western Montana. Comparable in operating as a publicly funded district providing integrated fire/EMS/rescue across a wide rural-suburban service area.

Broad incumbents

• Montana DNRC Fire Protection: State-level agency responsible for wildland fire protection across Montana. Comparable in wildland fire suppression mission and incident response authority, though operating at statewide scale rather than district level.
• USFS Northern Region Fire Management: U.S. Forest Service wildland fire operations across the Northern Region, including areas adjacent to Bigfork's coverage. Comparable in wildland fire response and fuels management, though federally operated and at regional scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BigforkFire
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• Instagraminstagram.com/bigfork_fire_department/?hl=en

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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