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Boone Volunteer Fire Department

Boone, CO · Pueblo County. Boone Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 9 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.

9
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Boone Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Colorado average.

2nd pct.
national personnel size
-65%
vs. Colorado average
$261,250
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
77/100
Boone Volunteer Fire Department

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 B
$29,028 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
9 personnel

Boone Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Boone, CO (Pueblo County) and 9 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,092 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $261,250.

  • National personnel rank #22,092 of 22,440
  • CO personnel rank #345 of 364
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 14 other listed departments in Pueblo County

Boone Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

9 Top 98% higher than 2% 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 10110 · Boone Volunteer Fire Department, CO 9 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 9
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #22,092
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Trenton-Mercer Ai…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $261K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Trenton-Mercer Airport Fire Department, NJ (+ 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
Boone, CO
FDID
10110

FEMA Grant History

$261K
Cumulative funding (FY2009)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2009 EMW-2009-FV-0528 $261,250

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Colorado average

How Boone Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #345 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,092 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 65% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
55
CO departments
575

County roster fringe

Boone Volunteer Fire Department is 2.5% of Pueblo County roster mass

The county lists 17 departments totaling 354 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 76% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Trenton-Mercer Airport Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Beulah Volunteer Fire Department
Beulah · volunteer
Lake Pueblo State Park
Pueblo · other
Pueblo Fire Department
Pueblo · career
Pueblo West Fire Department
Pueblo West · combination
All CO departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 9 personnel

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

Trenton-Mercer Airport Fire Department, NJ 9 Cuthbert Fire Department, GA 9 Orick Volunteer Fire Department, CA 9 Bakersfield Volunteer Fire Department, MO 9 Palo Verde Volunteer Fire Department, CA 9 Tabiona - Hanna Volunteer Fire Department, UT 9 Nester Township Fire Department, MI 9 Maxwell Fire Department, NM 9

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Boone Volunteer Fire Department have?

Boone Volunteer Fire Department has 9 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 65% below the Colorado average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #22,092 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within CO, it ranks #345 of 364 by personnel.

Does Boone Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Boone Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Boone Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Boone Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Boone Volunteer Fire Department?

Boone Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pueblo County, CO. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Boone Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Boone Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $261,250 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2009.

How many fire departments are in Colorado?

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

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