Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderBlack Forest Fire and Rescue Protection District
Colorado Springs, CO · El Paso County. Black Forest Fire and Rescue Protection District is a Combination department, 1 station and 57 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.
- 57
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Black Forest Fire and Rescue Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +119%
- 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.
Black Forest Fire and Rescue Protection District is a Combination department serving Colorado Springs, CO (El Paso County), with 1 station and 57 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,876 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,876 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #48 of 364
- 1.75 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 33 other listed departments in El Paso County
Black Forest Fire and Rescue Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
57 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 04103 · Black Forest Fire and Rescue Protection District, CO 57 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 57
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,876
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dunedin Fire Resc…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Dunedin Fire Rescue, FL (+ 0 personnel)
Combination-staffed 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.
- Black Forest Fire… (this dept) 57
- High Pacific Fire Prot…, MO 57
- Near Dunedin Fire Resc…, FL 57
- Near Weldon, NC 57
- Near Bradford Volunteer, RI 57
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Colorado Springs, CO
- County
- El Paso County
- FDID
- 04103
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Black Forest Fire and Rescue Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #48 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,876 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster fringe
Black Forest Fire and Rescue Protection District is 3.7% of El Paso County roster mass
The county lists 42 departments totaling 1,531 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 71% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.75 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 57 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Dunedin Fire Rescue, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 57 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.