Department profile
VolunteerBoulder Volunteer Fire Department
Boulder, UT · Garfield County. Boulder Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Boulder Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Utah average.
- 11th pct.
- national personnel size
- -25%
- vs. Utah 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.
Boulder Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Boulder, UT (Garfield County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,985 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,985 of 22,440
- UT personnel rank #115 of 162
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Garfield County
Boulder Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 17002 · Boulder Volunteer Fire Department, UT 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,985
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bayard
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bayard Fire Department, NM (+ 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 UT department.
- Boulder Volunteer (this dept) 15
- High Fort Blackmore Vo…, VA 15
- Near Bayard, NM 15
- Near Goshen Township V…, PA 15
- Near Sapillo Creek Vol…, NM 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Boulder, UT
- County
- Garfield County
- FDID
- 17002
Staffing vs the Utah average
How Boulder Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Utah. In-state it ranks #115 of 162 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,985 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 26
- UT departments
- 271
County roster geometry
Garfield County HIFLD mix around Boulder Volunteer Fire Department
Garfield County: 9 departments, 96 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 22% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bayard Fire Department, NM (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every UT department.