Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderDurango LA Plata County Airport Fire Department
Durango, CO · La Plata County. Durango LA Plata County Airport Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department and 6 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.
- 6
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Durango LA Plata County Airport Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Colorado average.
- 1st pct.
- national personnel size
- -77%
- 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.
Durango LA Plata County Airport Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Durango, CO (La Plata County) and 6 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,327 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #22,327 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #357 of 364
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in La Plata County
Durango LA Plata County Airport Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
6 Top 99% higher than 1% 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 06725 · Durango LA Plata County Airport Fire Department, CO 6 personnel
PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 6
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #22,327
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Risco Rural
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Risco Rural Fire Department, MO (+ 0 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.
- Durango LA Plata… (this dept) 6
- High Grand Traverse Ba…, MI 6
- Near Risco Rural, MO 6
- Near Gold Point Volunt…, NV 6
- Near Marysville Volunt…, MT 6
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Durango, CO
- County
- La Plata County
- FDID
- 06725
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Durango LA Plata County Airport Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #357 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,327 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 fringe
Durango LA Plata County Airport Fire Department is 2.3% of La Plata County roster mass
The county lists 9 departments totaling 261 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Risco Rural Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 6 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.