Department profile
Career (Paid)Black Hawk Fire Department
Black Hawk, CO · Gilpin County. Black Hawk Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Black Hawk Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Colorado average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +46%
- 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 Hawk Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Black Hawk, CO (Gilpin County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,663 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,663 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #102 of 364
- 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Gilpin County
Black Hawk Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 04705 · Black Hawk Fire Department, CO 38 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #6,663
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clyde Volunteer F…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Clyde Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+ 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.
- Black Hawk (this dept) 38
- High Spout Springs Eme…, NC 38
- Near Clyde Volunteer F…, NC 38
- Near Hyrum City, UT 38
- Near Morrison Volunteer, WI 38
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Black Hawk, CO
- County
- Gilpin County
- FDID
- 04705
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Black Hawk Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #102 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,663 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
Black Hawk Fire Department carries 30.6% of Gilpin County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (124 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Clyde Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.