Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBuena Vista Volunteer Fire Department
Buena Vista, CO · Chaffee County. Buena Vista Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 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.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Buena Vista Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Colorado average.
- 13th pct.
- national personnel size
- -38%
- 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.
Buena Vista Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Buena Vista, CO (Chaffee County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,464 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,464 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #279 of 364
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Chaffee County
Buena Vista Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 87% higher than 13% 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 01505 · Buena Vista Volunteer Fire Department, CO 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,464
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beaver Island
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Beaver Island Fire Department, MI (+ 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.
- Buena Vista Volun… (this dept) 16
- High Dowagiac, MI 16
- Near Beaver Island, MI 16
- Near Rock River Volunt…, WY 16
- Near Pokagon Volunteer, MI 16
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Buena Vista, CO
- County
- Chaffee County
- FDID
- 01505
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Buena Vista Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #279 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,464 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster geometry
Chaffee County HIFLD mix around Buena Vista Volunteer Fire Department
Chaffee County: 5 departments, 107 personnel (3 volunteer / 0 career / 1 combination); EMS flag on 20% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Beaver Island Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.