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Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District

Dinosaur, CO · Moffat County. Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department and 8 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

8
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Colorado average.

1st pct.
national personnel size
-69%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District

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.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
8 personnel

Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Dinosaur, CO (Moffat County) and 8 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,173 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #22,173 of 22,440
  • CO personnel rank #349 of 364
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 3 other listed departments in Moffat County

Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

8 Top 99% higher than 1% 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 08105 · Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District, CO 8 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 8
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #22,173
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Fork and Fl…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: North Fork and Flatwillow Rural Fire District, MT (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Dinosaur, CO
FDID
08105

Staffing vs the Colorado average

How Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #349 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,173 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 69% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
55
CO departments
575

County roster geometry

Moffat County HIFLD mix around Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District

Moffat County: 4 departments, 44 personnel (3 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: North Fork and Flatwillow Rural Fire District, MT (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Maybell Volunteer Fire Department
Maybell · volunteer
All CO departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 8 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.

North Fork and Flatwillow Rural Fire District, MT 8 Carbon County Fire Department - Baggs Station, WY 8 Olney Rural Fire District, MT 8 Charlton Township Fire Department, MI 8 Huntington Lake Volunteer Fire Department, CA 8 Atlanta Volunteer Fire Department, MO 8 Kansas Community Volunteer Fire Department, AR 8 Bellville Fire Department, GA 8

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District have?

Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District has 8 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 69% below the Colorado average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #22,173 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within CO, it ranks #349 of 364 by personnel.

Does Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District provide EMS services?

Yes, Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District operate?

Station count data for Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District?

Artesia Volunteer Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Moffat County, CO. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

How many fire departments are in Colorado?

Colorado has 575 fire departments with 14,812 total personnel. 41% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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