Department profile
VolunteerChaffee County Fire Protection District
Buena Vista, CO · Chaffee County. Chaffee County Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 66 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 66
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Chaffee County Fire Protection District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +154%
- vs. Colorado average
- 4
- 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.
Chaffee County Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Buena Vista, CO (Chaffee County), with 4 stations and 66 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,130 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,130 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #39 of 364
- 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
- 3 other listed departments in Chaffee County
Chaffee County Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
66 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 01535 · Chaffee County Fire Protection District, CO 66 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 66
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #2,130
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lenoir
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lenoir Fire Department, NC (+ 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.
- Chaffee County Fi… (this dept) 66
- High Welcome Fire and…, NC 66
- Near Lenoir, NC 66
- Near South Mountains V…, NC 66
- Near Bay Minette, AL 66
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Buena Vista, CO
- County
- Chaffee County
- FDID
- 01535
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Chaffee County Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #39 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,130 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
Chaffee County Fire Protection District carries 61.7% of Chaffee County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (107 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 66 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lenoir Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 66 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.