Department profile
VolunteerDeer Mountain Volunteer Fire Department
Cotopaxi, CO · Fremont County. Deer Mountain Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Deer Mountain Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Colorado average.
- 41st pct.
- national personnel size
- -4%
- vs. Colorado average
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.
Deer Mountain Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cotopaxi, CO (Fremont County) and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,271 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,271 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #192 of 364
- 12 other listed departments in Fremont County
Deer Mountain Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 04360 · Deer Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, CO 25 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #13,271
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Canton
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 2/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Canton 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.
- Deer Mountain Vol… (this dept) 25
- High Flatwoods Communi…, NC 25
- Near Canton, NC 25
- Near Dryden Township, MI 25
- Near Saunook Volunteer…, NC 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Cotopaxi, CO
- County
- Fremont County
- FDID
- 04360
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Deer Mountain Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #192 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,271 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster geometry
Fremont County HIFLD mix around Deer Mountain Volunteer Fire Department
Fremont County: 14 departments, 217 personnel (9 volunteer / 1 career / 1 combination); EMS flag on 57% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Canton Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.