Department profile
Career (Paid)Aurora Fire Department
Aurora, CO · Arapahoe County. Aurora Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 13 stations and 344 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 344
- Total personnel
- 13
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Aurora Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1223%
- vs. Colorado average
- 13
- stations
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.
Aurora Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Aurora, CO (Arapahoe County), with 13 stations and 344 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #92 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #92 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #4 of 364
- 3.78 stations per 100 personnel
- 10 other listed departments in Arapahoe County
Aurora Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
344 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 00505 · Aurora Fire Department, CO 344 personnel · 13 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-LARGE 344
- STA-MULTI 13 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #92
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Huntsville Fire a…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Huntsville Fire and Rescue, AL (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- High Santa Ana, CA 349
- Aurora (this dept) 344
- Near Huntsville Fire a…, AL 344
- Near Boone County Fire…, MO 342
- Low Rockville Centre, NY 341
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Aurora, CO
- County
- Arapahoe County
- FDID
- 00505
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Aurora Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #4 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #92 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 13
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
Aurora Fire Department carries 37.6% of Arapahoe County HIFLD personnel
Among 15 listed departments (914 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 13% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (13 stations / 344 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Huntsville Fire and Rescue, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 344 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.