Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderDurango Fire and Rescue Authority
Durango, CO · La Plata County. Durango Fire and Rescue Authority is a Combination department, 15 stations and 118 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.
- 118
- Total personnel
- 15
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Durango Fire and Rescue Authority pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +354%
- vs. Colorado average
- 15
- 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.
Durango Fire and Rescue Authority is a Combination department serving Durango, CO (La Plata County), with 15 stations and 118 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #692 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #692 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #14 of 364
- 12.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in La Plata County
Durango Fire and Rescue Authority vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
118 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 06770 · Durango Fire and Rescue Authority, CO 118 personnel · 15 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 118
- STA-MULTI 15 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #692
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saxonburg Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Durango Fire and… (this dept) 118
- High Mount Prospect, IL 118
- Near Saxonburg Volunte…, PA 118
- Near Sedona Fire Distr…, AZ 118
- Near Owings Mills Volu…, MD 118
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Durango, CO
- County
- La Plata County
- FDID
- 06770
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Durango Fire and Rescue Authority's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #14 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #692 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 15
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
Durango Fire and Rescue Authority carries 45.2% of La Plata County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (261 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 22% of the county count. County / state rollup.
12.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (15 stations / 118 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 118 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.