colorado's all volunteer fire departments
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A breakdown of Colorado's All-Volunteer Fire DepartmentsTRANSCRIPT
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Fire
Agency
Name
type of
jurisdiction
Number of
Volunteers
Number
of Career
Populatio
n Served
Size of
Jurisdiction
in square
miles
No of
firefighters
per 100
square miles
No of
firefighters
per 1,000
residents
#1 Fire
Protectio
Fire
Protection 30 0 2,000 900
3.3 15.0
Agate
Volunteer
Non-
Government22 0 400 377
5.8 55.0
Akron
Volunteer
Fire
Protection 22 0 3,200 742
3.0 6.9
Alamosa
County
Fire
Protection 50 0 15,545 780
6.4 3.2
Alamosa
Fire
Non-
Government30 0 9,000 300
10.0 3.3
Allenspar
k Fire
Fire
Protection 30 0 5,000 155
19.4 6.0
Amherst
Volunteer
Fire
Protection 21 0 1,300 300
7.0 16.2
Armel
Volunteer
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
12 0 80 120
10.0 150.0
Arrowhea
d
Volunteer
Fire
Protection
District
24 0 300 20
120.0 80.0
Artesia
Volunteer
Fire
Protection 7 0 500 73.5
9.5 14.0
Ault-
Pierce
Non-
Government23 0 3,800 80
28.8 6.1
Beulah
Fire
Non-
Government35 0 2,000 111
31.5 17.5
Big
Thompso
Non-
Government10 0 1,010 53
18.9 9.9
Blanca
Volunteer
Municipal
(City or 4 0 385 2
200.0 10.4
Boone
Volunteer
Municipal
(City or 10 0 1,000 60
16.7 10.0
Branson
Fire
Fire
Protection 6 0 150 1,600
0.4 40.0
Briggsdal
e Fire
Non-
Government12 0 742 450
2.7 16.2
Bristol
Volunteer
Non-
Government12 0 1,500 10
120.0 8.0
Brush
Fire
Municipal
(City or 32 0 5,000 210
15.2 6.4
Buena
Vista Fire
Municipal
(City or 14 0 2,600 9
155.6 5.4
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Burlingto
n Fire
Fire
Protection 28 0 3,500 921
3.0 8.0
Byers
Volunteer
Fire
Protection 21 0 3,000 640
3.3 7.0
Calhan
Fire
Non-
Government19 0 5,000 250
7.6 3.8
Campo
Fire
Fire
Protection 24 0 400 400
6.0 60.0
Capulin
Fire
Departm
Fire
Protection
District
11 0 650 50
22.0 16.9
Carmel
Fire
Departm
Fire
Protection
District
15 0 1,200 120
12.5 12.5
Cascade
Volunteer
Fire
Protection 16 0 1,200 6
266.7 13.3
Cedaredg
e Fire
Fire
Protection 25 0 7,000 300
8.3 3.6
Center
Fire
Fire
Protection 27 0 2,379 300
9.0 11.3
Central
Conejos
Fire
Protection 17 0 1,200 5
340.0 14.2
Central
Orchard
Fire
Protection 14 0 2,700 8.14
172.0 5.2
Cheraw
Volunteer
Non-
Government25 0 252 0.18
13888.9 99.2
City of
Victor Other 15 0 1,200 120
12.5 12.5
Coal
Creek
Fire
Protection 50 0 7,000 50
100.0 7.1
Coal
Creek
Fire
Protection 8 0 300
#VALUE! 26.7
Cokedale
Volunteer
Municipal
(City or 11 0 120 1
1100.0 91.7
Cope Fire
Departm
Non-
Government21 0 250 216
9.7 84.0
Costilla
County
Fire
Protection 35 0 4,000 1,200
2.9 8.8
Cotopaxi
Fire
Fire
Protection 11 0 2,500 6
183.3 4.4
Craig
Fire/Resc
Fire
Protection 24 0 12,000 180
13.3 2.0
Crawford
Fire
Fire
Protection 20 0 700 165
12.1 28.6
Crested
Butte Fire
Fire
Protection 35 0 2,500 220
15.9 14.0
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Crestone
Fire
Departm
Fire
Protection
District
60 0 250
#VALUE! 240.0
Crowley
Volunteer
Fire
Protection 11 0 200 16
68.8 55.0
Crystal
Lakes
Non-
Government17 0 300 10
170.0 56.7
Crystal
Park
Non-
Government18 0 500 3.125
576.0 36.0
Deer
Mountain
Fire
Protection 25 0 9,000 135
18.5 2.8
Deer Trail
Fire
Fire
Protection 18 0 575 350
5.1 31.3
Del Norte
Fire
Fire
Protection 29 0 1,700 374
7.8 17.1
Delta
County
Fire
Protection 29 0 13,000 236
12.3 2.2
Delta
County
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
26 0 4,800 115
22.6 5.4
Divide
Fire
Fire
Protection 42 0 3,200 100
42.0 13.1
Dolores
Fire
Fire
Protection 34 0 2,800 1,500
2.3 12.1
Dove
Creek
Non-
Government27 0 1800 259
10.4 15.0
Eads
Volunteer
Non-
Government24 0 650 2
1200.0 36.9
East
Orchard
Fire
Protection 16 0 1,000 4.36
367.0 16.0
Eckley
Volunteer
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
27 0 650 244
11.1 41.5
Edison
Volunteer
Non-
Government10 0 300 356
2.8 33.3
Egnar-
Slick Rock
Fire
Protection 15 0 150 384
3.9 100.0
Elbert
Fire
Fire
Protection 21 0 2,000 180
11.7 10.5
Fisher's
Peak Fire
Fire
Protection 40 0 3,000 73
54.8 13.3
Flagler
Rural Fire
Fire
Protection 24 0 750 432
5.6 32.0
Fleming
Fire
Fire
Protection 16 0 1,000 300
5.3 16.0
Florence
Volunteer
Fire
Protection 27 0 12,000 248
10.9 2.3
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Fort
Morgan
Fire
Protection 35 0 10,000 164
21.3 3.5
Four Mile
Fire
Fire
Protection 35 0 2,200 29
120.7 15.9
Fowler
Rural Fire
Fire
Protection 25 0 2000 527
4.7 12.5
Galeton
Fire
Fire
Protection 17 0 5,500 226
7.5 3.1
Gateway-
Unaweep
Non-
Government15 0 573 900
1.7 26.2
Genoa
Rural Fire
Non-
Government10 0 300 250
4.0 33.3
Glacier
View Fire
Fire
Protection 19 0 1,500 56
33.9 12.7
Glade
Park
Non-
Government14 0 1800 525
2.7 7.8
Glen
Haven
Non-
Government24 0 500 34
70.6 48.0
Gold Hill
Fire
Fire
Protection 20 0 300 12
166.7 66.7
Granada
Volunteer
Municipal
(City or 8 0 350 1
800.0 22.9
Grand
County Other 0 0 14,000
#VALUE! 0.0
Grand
Fire
Fire
Protection 25 0 2,500 150
16.7 10.0
Gunnison
Fire
Fire
Protection 32 0 14,000 2,700
1.2 2.3
Hale Fire
& Rescue
Departm
Fire
Protection
District
25 0 400 100
25.0 62.5
Hanover
Fire
Non-
Government38 0 9,500 300
12.7 4.0
Hartman
Fire
Non-
Government5 0 100 5
100.0 50.0
Hasty-
McClave
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
12 0 2,500 780
1.5 4.8
Haswell
Fire
Non-
Government10 0 65 432
2.3 153.8
Haxtun
Fire
Non-
Government30 0 2,000 402.5
7.5 15.0
Hillrose-
Snyder
Fire
Protection 18 0 3,500 225
8.0 5.1
Hoehne
Fire
Fire
Protection 18 0 1,200 900
2.0 15.0
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Holly
Volunteer Other 15 0 2,500 900
1.7 6.0
Holyoke
Volunteer
Fire
Protection 24 0 2,500 440
5.5 9.6
Horsefly
Volunteer
Non-
Government30 0 375 1600
1.9 80.0
Hot
Sulphur
Fire
Protection 21 0 950 50
42.0 22.1
Howard
Fire
Fire
Protection 16 0 2,000 25
64.0 8.0
Huerfano
County
Fire
Protection 20 0 4,000 820
2.4 5.0
Hugo
Volunteer
Fire
Authority23 0 1,500 1260
1.8 15.3
Hygiene
Fire
Fire
Protection 25 0 3,250 45
55.6 7.7
Idalia
Volunteer
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
22 0 500 350
6.3 44.0
Indian
Peaks
Fire
Protection 20 0 500 117
17.1 40.0
Indian
Springs
Non-
Government8 0 60 108
7.4 133.3
Inter- Fire 60 0 10,000 55 109.1 6.0
Jamesto
wn
Non-
Government32 0 300 1
3200.0 106.7
Joes
Volunteer
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
17 0 800 100
17.0 21.3
Julesburg
Fire
Fire
Protection 27 0 2,000 22
122.7 13.5
Karval
Fire
Fire
Protection 19 0 600 1024
1.9 31.7
Kim Area
Volunteer
Non-
Government16 0 550 2,000
0.8 29.1
Kirk
Volunteer
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
16 0 600 180
8.9 26.7
Kundalini Fire 6 0 250 2 300.0 24.0
La Jara
Fire
Departm
Fire
Protection
District
18 0 1500 150
12.0 12.0
La Veta
Fire
Fire
Protection 30 0 1,200 210
14.3 25.0
Lake City
Volunteer
Fire
Protection 14 0 2000 79
17.7 7.0
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Lakeside
Fire
Non-
Government14 0 21 2
700.0 666.7
Lands
End Fire
Fire
Protection 21 0 2,700 195.47
10.7 7.8
Las
Animas-
Fire
Protection 29 0 4,000 150
19.3 7.3
Lewis-
Arriola
Fire
Protection 29 0 7200 275
10.5 4.0
Limon
Area Fire
Fire
Authority15 0 2,500 407
3.7 6.0
Livermor
e Fire
Fire
Protection 15 0 1,500 310
4.8 10.0
Mancos
Fire
Fire
Protection 16 0 2,500 45
35.6 6.4
Manzanol
a Rural
Fire
Protection 12 0 1,000 42
28.6 12.0
Maybell
Volunteer
Fire
Protection 20 0 450 2,700
0.7 44.4
Merino
Fire
Non-
Government17 0 450 1200
1.4 37.8
Mineral
County
Fire
Protection 20 0 650 883
2.3 30.8
Moffat
Fire
Fire
Protection 8 0
#VALUE! #VALUE!
Monte
Vista Fire
Fire
Protection 20 0 7,745 196
10.2 2.6
Mosca-
Hooper
Fire
Protection 24 0 2,000 350
6.9 12.0
Mountain
Communi
ties
Fire
Protection
District
21 0 950 99
21.2 22.1
New
Raymer-
Fire
Protection 27 0 500 1,100
2.5 54.0
North
Central
Fire
Protection 13 0 2,100 75
17.3 6.2
North
Park Fire
Municipal
(City or 25 0 1,700 1,628
1.5 14.7
Northeas
t Conejos
Fire
Protection 20 0 2,400 8.3
241.0 8.3
Northeas
t Lincoln
Fire
Protection 14 0 220 335
4.2 63.6
Norwood -
Redvale
Non-
Government33 0 3,000 68
48.5 11.0
Nunn Fire
Protectio
Fire
Protection 18 0 3,160 542
3.3 5.7
Ohio City
Fire
Fire
Protection 15 0 100 30
50.0 150.0
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Olathe
Fire
Fire
Protection 25 0 6,000 100
25.0 4.2
Olney
Springs
Municipal
(City or 9 0 1,800 300
3.0 5.0
Ordway
Volunteer
Municipal
(City or 17 0 5,500 960
1.8 3.1
Otis Fire
Departm
Fire
Protection 18 0 1,000 509
3.5 18.0
Ouray
Volunteer
Fire
Protection 26 0 1,100 56
46.4 23.6
Ovid
Volunteer
Non-
Government30 0 550 150
20.0 54.5
Palmer
Lake
Non-
Government18 0 2,700 6
300.0 6.7
Paonia
Fire
Fire
Protection 31 0 5,400 125
24.8 5.7
Paradox
Volunteer
Non-
Government17 0 235 44
38.6 72.3
Pawnee
Fire
Fire
Protection 10 0 300 500
2.0 33.3
Peetz
Volunteer
Non-
Government21 0 500 500
4.2 42.0
Peyton
Fire
Fire
Protection 18 0 13,000 110
16.4 1.4
Pinewoo
d Springs
Fire
Protection 19 0 800 10
190.0 23.8
Pitkin
Volunteer
Non-
Government14 0 100 81
17.3 140.0
Pleasant
View Fire
Fire
Protection 15 0 2,500 354
4.2 6.0
Poudre
Canyon
Fire
Protection 60 0 1,500 99
60.6 40.0
Pritchett
Fire
Non-
Government8 0 183
#VALUE! 43.7
Rangely
Rural Fire
Fire
Protection 28 0 2,500 1,000
2.8 11.2
Red
Creek
Non-
Government11 0 800 105.9
10.4 13.8
Red
Feather
Fire
Protection 16 0 600 9
177.8 26.7
Rico Fire
Protectio
Fire
Protection 22 0 250 200
11.0 88.0
Ridgway
Volunteer
Non-
Government24 0 2,500 74
32.4 9.6
Rio
Blanco
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
28 0 2,700 1,940
1.4 10.4
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Rist
Canyon
Non-
Government36 0 3,000 120
30.0 12.0
Rock
Creek
Non-
Government12 0 334 257
4.7 35.9
Rockvale
Volunteer
Fire
Protection 8 0 400 3
266.7 20.0
Romeo
Fire
Departm
Non-
Government
al VFD
12 0 675 30
40.0 17.8
Saguache
Fire
Departm
Fire
Protection
District
26 0 1500 900
2.9 17.3
Sand Hills
Fire
Fire
Protection 13 0 60 10
130.0 216.7
Sargents
Fire
Non-
Government12 0 300 100
12.0 40.0
Sedgwick
Volunteer
Fire
Protection 27 0 500 217
12.4 54.0
Seibert
Fire
Fire
Protection 14 0 300
#VALUE! 46.7
Silverton
San Juan Other 29 0 1,500 26
111.5 19.3
South
Conejos
Fire
Protection 30 0 2,500 240
12.5 12.0
South
Fork Fire
Fire
Protection 14 0 1000 363
3.9 14.0
Southwes
t Highway
Fire
Protection 20 0 1,800 30
66.7 11.1
Southwes
t
Washingt
Fire
Protection
District
14 0 1,000 950
1.5 14.0
Spanish
Peaks/Bo
Fire
Protection 36 0 900 610
5.9 40.0
Springfiel Other 15 0 2,000 2,700 0.6 7.5
Stonewall
Fire
Fire
Protection 53 0 2,000 547
9.7 26.5
Stratton
Fire
Fire
Protection 15 0 1,000 432
3.5 15.0
Sugar City
Volunteer
Municipal
(City or 17 0 300 39
43.6 56.7
Sugar
Loaf Fire
Fire
Protection 40 0 2,600 17
235.3 15.4
Sunshine
Fire
Fire
Protection 23 0 340 4
575.0 67.6
Tallahass
ee Rural
Fire
Protection 30 0 2,500 325
9.2 12.0
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Telluride
Fire
Fire
Protection 65 0 5,600 350
18.6 11.6
Towner
Volunteer
Non-
Government8 0 200
#VALUE! 40.0
Tri-
County
Fire
Protection 14 0 1,500 417
3.4 9.3
Two
Buttes
Fire
Protection 8 0 200 326
2.5 40.0
Upper
Huerfano
Fire
Protection 10 0 2,500 360
2.8 4.0
Vernon
Volunteer
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
20 0 400 30
66.7 50.0
Villa
Grove
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
9 0 300 450
2.0 30.0
Volunteer
Fire Other 22 0 385 20
110.0 57.1
Vona Fire
Protectio
Fire
Protection 20 0 320 436
4.6 62.5
Wages
Volunteer
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
16 0 200 250
6.4 80.0
Walsh
Fire
Non-
Government14 0 1,200 900
1.6 11.7
Wauneta
Volunteer
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
22 0 150 180
12.2 146.7
West
Cheyenne
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
20 0 300 999
2.0 66.7
West
Park
Fire
Protection 15 0 1,500 5
300.0 10.0
Western
Fremont
Fire
Protection 12 0 600 14
85.7 20.0
Wet
Mountain
Fire
Protection 35 0 4,000 624
5.6 8.8
Wetmore
Volunteer
Non-
Government25 0 700 110
22.7 35.7
Wiggins
Fire
Fire
Protection 20 0 4,000 426
4.7 5.0
Wiley
Fire
Departm
Non-
Government
al VFD
20 0 1,400 90
22.2 14.3
Willard
Volunteer
Non-
Government10 0 120 120
8.3 83.3
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Wray
Volunteer
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
35 0 10,000 800
4.4 3.5
Yampa
Fire
Fire
Protection 13 0 1,300 388
3.4 10.0
Yuma
Volunteer
Fire
Fire
Protection
District
34 0 5,000 1200
2.8 6.8