Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderGolden Fire Department
Golden, CO · Jefferson County. Golden Fire Department is a Combination department, 4 stations and 56 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.
- 56
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Golden Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +115%
- vs. Colorado average
- 4
- 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.
Golden Fire Department is a Combination department serving Golden, CO (Jefferson County), with 4 stations and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,993 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,993 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #50 of 364
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 25 other listed departments in Jefferson County
Golden Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
56 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 05942 · Golden Fire Department, CO 56 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 56
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,993
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ King Ferry
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: King Ferry Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Golden (this dept) 56
- High Wixom, MI 56
- Near King Ferry, NY 56
- Near Wyomissing Fire C…, PA 56
- Near North Oakland Cou…, MI 56
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Golden, CO
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 05942
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Golden Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #50 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,993 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster fringe
Golden Fire Department is 4.2% of Jefferson County roster mass
The county lists 34 departments totaling 1,331 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 65% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 56 roster).
Photo-finish peer: King Ferry Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 56 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.