Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderEads Fire Department
Eads, CO · Kiowa County. Eads Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 10 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.
- 10
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Eads Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Colorado average.
- 3rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -62%
- vs. Colorado average
- 1
- station
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.
Eads Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Eads, CO (Kiowa County), with 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,871 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,871 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #335 of 364
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Kiowa County
Eads Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
10 Top 97% higher than 3% 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 06110 · Eads Fire Department, CO 10 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 10
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,871
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Elko Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Elko Volunteer Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Eads (this dept) 10
- High Friendship Volunt…, SC 10
- Near Elko Volunteer, SC 10
- Near Hilda Volunteer, SC 10
- Near Cubero Volunteer, NM 10
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Eads, CO
- County
- Kiowa County
- FDID
- 06110
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Eads Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #335 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,871 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
Eads Fire Department carries 27.8% of Kiowa County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (36 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 10 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Elko Volunteer Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 10 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.