Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderEllicott Fire Department
Calhan, CO · El Paso County. Ellicott Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ellicott Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Colorado average.
- 49th pct.
- national personnel size
- +8%
- vs. Colorado average
- 3
- 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.
Ellicott Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Calhan, CO (El Paso County), with 3 stations and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,450 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,450 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #166 of 364
- 10.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 33 other listed departments in El Paso County
Ellicott Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 04133 · Ellicott Fire Department, CO 28 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,450
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Plymouth Voluntee…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Plymouth Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company, OH (+ 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.
- Ellicott (this dept) 28
- High Killen Volunteer, AL 28
- Near Plymouth Voluntee…, OH 28
- Near Windsor Fire and…, OH 28
- Near Cascade Charter T…, MI 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Calhan, CO
- County
- El Paso County
- FDID
- 04133
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Ellicott Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #166 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,450 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster fringe
Ellicott Fire Department is 1.8% of El Paso County roster mass
The county lists 42 departments totaling 1,531 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 71% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Plymouth Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.