Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Denver Fire Department

Denver, CO · Denver County. Denver Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 31 stations and 909 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

909
Total personnel
31
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Denver Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+3396%
vs. Colorado average
31
stations
$4,644,333
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
44/100
Denver Fire Department

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 B
29.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment F
$5,109 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
909 personnel · 31 stations

Denver Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Denver, CO (Denver County), with 31 stations and 909 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #25 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $4,644,333.

  • National personnel rank #25 of 22,440
  • CO personnel rank #1 of 364
  • 3.41 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 1 other listed department in Denver County

Denver Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

909 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 01601 · Denver Fire Department, CO 909 personnel · 31 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 909
  • STA-SYSTEM 31 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #25
  • ABOVE-PEER over El Paso Fire Depa…
  • FEMA-MID $4.6M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: El Paso Fire Department - Central Station, TX ( -29 personnel)

Career/paid 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
CAREER
Location
Denver, CO
FDID
01601

FEMA Grant History

$4.6M
Cumulative funding (FY2011–2021)
4
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FG-05170 $785,954.54
2020 EMW-2020-FG-16320 $2,146,454.55
2020 EMW-2020-FG-01335 $338,225
2011 EMW-2011-FO-0390 $1,373,699

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Colorado average

How Denver Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #1 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #25 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 3396% above the state average
Stations
31
State fire deaths/yr
55
CO departments
575

County roster weight

Denver Fire Department carries 100.0% of Denver County HIFLD personnel

Among 3 listed departments (909 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.

3.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (31 stations / 909 roster).

Photo-finish peer: El Paso Fire Department - Central Station, TX (-29 personnel).

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide career peers near 909 personnel

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

El Paso Fire Department - Central Station, TX 880 San Jose Fire Department, CA 843 Howard County Fire Department, MD 982 Indianapolis Fire Department, IN 819 Kansas City Missouri Fire Department, MO 1,008 San Diego Fire - Rescue Department, CA 1,018 Cleveland Fire Department, OH 1,028 Oklahoma City Fire Department, OK 1,031

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Denver Fire Department have?

Denver Fire Department has 909 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 3396% above the Colorado average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #25 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within CO, it ranks #1 of 364 by personnel.

Does Denver Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Denver Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Denver Fire Department operate?

Denver Fire Department operates 31 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Denver Fire Department?

Denver Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Denver County, CO. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Denver Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Denver Fire Department has received 4 FEMA grants totaling $4,644,333.09 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2011–2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

How many fire departments are in Colorado?

Colorado has 575 fire departments with 14,812 total personnel. 41% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.