Colorado Fire Department Personnel

Personnel (fire department membership) numbers vary by region, by state and even by county. Recruiting is critical to fire department success, see National Volunteer Fire Council’s Make Me a Firefighter and National Volunteer Fire Council’s Recruiting Resources. Check out how your department’s numbers compare to those around you, to see how your recruitment and retention investments are fairing.

This information is based solely upon fire departments that have registered with the National Fire Service Registry. If you have not registered your fire department, please do so, it is free and contributes to a complete picture of the fire services. Check out some Quick Facts from the registry.

Department Type

NOTE: In the USFA National Fire Service Registry data for Colorado there are 3 departments NOT classified, and so NOT included in these statistics. Departments should register as Career, Mostly Career, Volunteer or Mostly Volunteer but we do not have it for these 3 departments .

Volunteer Departments of Colorado

Here are the average numbers of volunteer firefighters for each county within Colorado, as well as the maximum and minimum numbers for that county.

County	# Volunteer Departments	Average Firefighters	Highest #	Lowest #
Adams	2	71	78	63
Alamosa	2	29	33	24
Arapahoe	4	33	57	18
Archuleta	1	47	–	–
Baca	5	11	16	5
Bent	1	20	–	–
Boulder	14	31	58	12
Chaffee	2	32	53	11
Cheyenne	1	17	–	–
Clear Creek	1	47	–	–
Conejos	1	52	–	–
Costilla	2	20	35	4
Crowley	1	19	–	–
Custer	2	28	30	26
Delta	3	27	29	26
Denver	1	30	–	–
Dolores	2	13	21	5
Douglas	6	49	96	12
Eagle	5	34	65	10
El Paso	14	30	75	14
Elbert	7	29	60	12
Fremont	5	23	33	10
Garfield	2	61	77	45
Gilpin	2	37	55	18
Grand	5	27	40	9
Gunnison	5	24	39	12
Huerfano	3	21	24	18
Jackson	1	22	–	–
Jefferson	12	50	95	18
Kiowa	2	17	18	15
Kit Carson	5	23	28	20
La Plata	2	95	160	30
Larimer	11	25	41	12
Las Animas	6	27	46	18
Lincoln	3	16	23	11
Logan	4	21	29	15
Mesa	5	32	40	18
Moffat	1	27	–	–
Montezuma	5	27	42	17
Montrose	4	24	31	17
Morgan	4	27	32	21
Otero	4	26	35	12
Ouray	2	24	26	22
Park	5	22	37	17
Phillips	2	42	58	26
Pitkin	1	45	–	–
Prowers	4	20	25	11
Pueblo	4	21	28	14
Rio Blanco	2	33	35	30
Rio Grande	4	28	31	22
Routt	5	19	24	12
Saguache	4	27	65	6
San Miguel	3	38	68	13
Sedgwick	3	25	27	24
Summit	1	40	–	–
Teller	5	27	40	15
Washington	3	20	25	17
Weld	8	26	41	8
Yuma	6	24	38	12

Career Departments of Colorado

Here are the average numbers of career firefighters for each county within Colorado, as well as the maximum and minimum numbers for that county.

County	# Career Departments	Average Firefighters	Highest #	Lowest #
Adams	8	89	140	19
Arapahoe	4	242	560	15
Boulder	4	60	107	21
Chaffee	1	16	–	–
Denver	1	914	–	–
Douglas	1	91	–	–
Eagle	3	36	64	10
El Paso	11	84	427	22
Fremont	1	52	–	–
Garfield	3	37	54	25
Gilpin	1	22	–	–
Gunnison	1	9	–	–
Jefferson	2	241	340	141
La Plata	2	38	43	32
Lake	1	13	–	–
Larimer	4	117	206	34
Las Animas	1	16	–	–
Logan	1	32	–	–
Mesa	3	56	125	10
Montezuma	2	13	13	12
Montrose	2	22	39	5
Pitkin	1	35	–	–
Pueblo	6	42	140	11
Routt	1	28	–	–
Summit	3	37	52	17
Teller	1	25	–	–
Weld	10	54	120	18

Department Types of Colorado

Here are the department types by county for volunteer and career agencies in for Colorado.

Looking for NFIRS FDIDs?

Here are the fire department identifiers (FDIDs) for agencies within Colorado. NFIRS FDIDs are required for submitting NFIRS reports with mutual aid or automatic aid with those departments.

Need more NFIRS help?

Here are some useful ressources to learn more about NFIRS.

NFIRS Codes Cheat Sheet – NFIRS Coding – NFIRS Examples – FDIDs – POCs – NFIRS Transactions – NFIRS Modules – NFIRS Elements – NFIRS Rules – NFIRS Reference – NFIRS Compliant ?

You can also read this NFIRS 5.0 Complete Reference Guide, and NFIRS 5.0 Design documentation in order to have a deeper understanding of NFIRS 5.0. Here are also NFIRS 5.0 Forms ready for you to download and use.

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