Department profile

CombinationEMS Provider

Greater Brighton Fire Protection District

Brighton, CO · Adams County. Greater Brighton Fire Protection District is a Combination department, 5 stations and 91 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.

91
Total personnel
5
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Greater Brighton Fire Protection District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.

Top 5%
national personnel size
+250%
vs. Colorado average
5
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
32/100
Greater Brighton 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 D
18.2 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
91 personnel · 5 stations

Greater Brighton Fire Protection District is a Combination department serving Brighton, CO (Adams County), with 5 stations and 91 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,132 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,132 of 22,440
  • CO personnel rank #23 of 364
  • 5.49 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 15 other listed departments in Adams County

Greater Brighton Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

91 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 00115 · Greater Brighton Fire Protection District, CO 91 personnel · 5 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 91
  • STA-FEW 5 stations
  • TYPE-COMB Combination
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,132
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Forest Bend Volun…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Forest Bend Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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
Brighton, CO
FDID
00115

Staffing vs the Colorado average

How Greater Brighton Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #23 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,132 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 250% above the state average
Stations
5
State fire deaths/yr
55
CO departments
575

County roster geometry

Adams County HIFLD mix around Greater Brighton Fire Protection District

Adams County: 22 departments, 800 personnel (3 volunteer / 3 career / 6 combination); EMS flag on 77% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.49 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 91 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Forest Bend Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Bennett Fire Rescue
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Federal Heights Fire Department
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North Metro Fire Rescue District
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South Adams County Fire Protection District
Commerce City · volunteer
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Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 91 personnel

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