Department profile
CombinationCarbondale and Rural Fire Protection District
Carbondale, CO · Garfield County. Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District is a Combination department, 5 stations and 69 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 69
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +165%
- vs. Colorado average
- 5
- stations
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.
Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District is a Combination department serving Carbondale, CO (Garfield County), with 5 stations and 69 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,987 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,987 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #34 of 364
- 7.25 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Garfield County
Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
69 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 04505 · Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District, CO 69 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 69
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #1,987
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Opelika Fire and…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Opelika Fire and Rescue, AL (+ 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.
- Carbondale and Ru… (this dept) 69
- High Bloomfield Townsh…, MI 69
- Near Opelika Fire and…, AL 69
- Near North Attleboro, MA 69
- Near New Haven/Berger…, MO 69
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Carbondale, CO
- County
- Garfield County
- FDID
- 04505
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #34 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,987 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District carries 25.4% of Garfield County HIFLD personnel
Among 12 listed departments (272 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 8% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 69 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Opelika Fire and Rescue, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 69 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.