Department profile

Volunteer

Chaffee 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
27/100
Chaffee County Fire Protection District

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 D
16.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
66 personnel · 4 stations

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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Buena Vista, CO
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.

▲ 154% above the state average
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

Buena Vista Volunteer Fire Department
Buena Vista · volunteer
Salida Fire Department
Salida · combination
All CO departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 66 personnel

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