Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderGrand Junction Fire Department
Grand Junction, CO · Mesa County. Grand Junction Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 84 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.
- 84
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Grand Junction Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +223%
- vs. Colorado average
- 4
- stations
- $7,967,705
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Grand Junction Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Grand Junction, CO (Mesa County), with 4 stations and 84 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,337 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $7,967,705.
- National personnel rank #1,337 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #25 of 364
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Mesa County
Grand Junction Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
84 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 07735 · Grand Junction Fire Department, CO 84 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 84
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,337
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Ann Arbor
- FEMA-HEAVY $8.0M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Ann Arbor Fire Department, MI (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Grand Junction (this dept) 84
- High East County Fire…, MO 84
- Near City of Ann Arbor, MI 84
- Near Branford, CT 84
- Near Grays Creek, NC 84
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
- County
- Mesa County
- FDID
- 07735
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FF-01458 | $5,893,856.9 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-17849 | $206,985.23 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-07056 | $429,471.09 |
| 2016 | EMW2014FH00283 | $515,385 |
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FO-0228 | $922,007 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Grand Junction Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #25 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,337 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
Grand Junction Fire Department carries 26.1% of Mesa County HIFLD personnel
Among 14 listed departments (322 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 43% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 84 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Ann Arbor Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 84 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.