Department profile

CombinationEMS Provider

Federal Heights Fire Department

Federal Heights, CO · Adams County. Federal Heights Fire Department is a Combination department, 1 station and 36 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.

36
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Federal Heights Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Colorado average.

Top 32%
national personnel size
+38%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
78/100
Federal Heights 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
36 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
36 personnel · 1 station

Federal Heights Fire Department is a Combination department serving Federal Heights, CO (Adams County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,294 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,294 of 22,440
  • CO personnel rank #110 of 364
  • 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 15 other listed departments in Adams County

Federal Heights Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

36 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 00135 · Federal Heights Fire Department, CO 36 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 36
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-COMB Combination
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,294
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Minor Heights Fir…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Minor Heights Fire District, AL (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
COMBINATION
Location
Federal Heights, CO
FDID
00135

Staffing vs the Colorado average

How Federal Heights Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #110 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,294 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 38% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
55
CO departments
575

County roster fringe

Federal Heights Fire Department is 4.5% of Adams County roster mass

The county lists 22 departments totaling 800 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 77% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Minor Heights Fire District, AL (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Bennett Fire Rescue
Bennett · combination
Colorado Refining Company Fire Department
Commerce City · combination
North Metro Fire Rescue District
Northglenn · career
South Adams County Fire Protection District
Commerce City · volunteer
All CO departments →

Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 36 personnel

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