Department profile

Volunteer

Golden Gate Volunteer Fire Protection District

Golden, CO · Jefferson County. Golden Gate Volunteer Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 13 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

13
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Golden Gate Volunteer Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Colorado average.

6th pct.
national personnel size
-50%
vs. Colorado average
2
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
5/100
Golden Gate Volunteer Fire Protection District

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 F
6.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
13 personnel · 2 stations

Golden Gate Volunteer Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Golden, CO (Jefferson County), with 2 stations and 13 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,086 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #21,086 of 22,440
  • CO personnel rank #314 of 364
  • 15.38 stations per 100 personnel
  • 25 other listed departments in Jefferson County

Golden Gate Volunteer Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

13 Top 94% higher than 6% 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 05943 · Golden Gate Volunteer Fire Protection District, CO 13 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 13
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #21,086
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fairburn
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Fairburn Fire Department, GA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Golden, CO
FDID
05943

Staffing vs the Colorado average

How Golden Gate Volunteer Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #314 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,086 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 50% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
55
CO departments
575

County roster fringe

Golden Gate Volunteer Fire Protection District is 1.0% 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.

15.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 13 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Fairburn Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 13 personnel

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