Department profile
VolunteerAgate Volunteer Fire Department
Agate, CO · Elbert County. Agate Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 22 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 22
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Agate Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Colorado average.
- 31st pct.
- national personnel size
- -15%
- vs. Colorado average
National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.
A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.
Agate Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Agate, CO (Elbert County) and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,403 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,403 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #215 of 364
- 7 other listed departments in Elbert County
Agate Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 69% higher than 31% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 03905 · Agate Volunteer Fire Department, CO 22 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #15,403
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dutton Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Dutton Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CO department.
- Agate Volunteer (this dept) 22
- High Bayou L'ourse Vol…, LA 22
- Near Dutton Volunteer, AL 22
- Near Ash Grove Fire Pr…, MO 22
- Near Springport/Claren…, MI 22
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Agate, CO
- County
- Elbert County
- FDID
- 03905
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Agate Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #215 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,403 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster geometry
Elbert County HIFLD mix around Agate Volunteer Fire Department
Elbert County: 10 departments, 190 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 3 combination); EMS flag on 70% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Dutton Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.