Department profile
VolunteerBaca Grande Volunteer Fire Department
Crestone, CO · Saguache County. Baca Grande Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Baca Grande Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Colorado average.
- 47th pct.
- national personnel size
- +4%
- vs. Colorado average
- 1
- station
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.
Baca Grande Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Crestone, CO (Saguache County), with 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,920 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,920 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #172 of 364
- 3.70 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Saguache County
Baca Grande Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 10905 · Baca Grande Volunteer Fire Department, CO 27 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #11,920
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Newell Fire Depar…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Newell Fire Department and Ambulance Service, IA (+ 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.
- Baca Grande Volun… (this dept) 27
- High Lighthouse Point, FL 27
- Near Newell Fire Depar…, IA 27
- Near Pennington Road F…, NJ 27
- Near Lilly Community V…, PA 27
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Crestone, CO
- County
- Saguache County
- FDID
- 10905
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Baca Grande Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #172 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,920 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
Baca Grande Volunteer Fire Department carries 26.7% of Saguache County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (101 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 86% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Newell Fire Department and Ambulance Service, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.