Department profile
CombinationCortez Fire Protection District
Cortez, CO · Montezuma County. Cortez Fire Protection District is a Combination department, 3 stations and 44 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 44
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Cortez Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Colorado average.
- Top 23%
- national personnel size
- +69%
- vs. Colorado average
- 3
- stations
- $284,050
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Cortez Fire Protection District is a Combination department serving Cortez, CO (Montezuma County), with 3 stations and 44 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,108 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $284,050.
- National personnel rank #5,108 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #83 of 364
- 6.82 stations per 100 personnel
- 10 other listed departments in Montezuma County
Cortez Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
44 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 08310 · Cortez Fire Protection District, CO 44 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 44
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #5,108
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Romulus Fire and…
- FEMA-LIGHT $284K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Romulus Fire and Rescue Department, MI (+ 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.
- Cortez Fire Prote… (this dept) 44
- High South Haven Area…, MI 44
- Near Romulus Fire and…, MI 44
- Near Goodyear, AZ 44
- Near Groton Long Point, CT 44
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Cortez, CO
- County
- Montezuma County
- FDID
- 08310
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | EMW2013FO00737 | $284,050 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Cortez Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #83 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,108 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County staffing outlier
Combination island in a volunteer-heavy Montezuma County
County mix is mostly volunteer (4 volunteer / 1 career / 2 combination), while this page is typed combination. County / state rollup.
6.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 44 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Romulus Fire and Rescue Department, MI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 44 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.