Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderGreater 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.
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.
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.
- Greater Brighton… (this dept) 91
- High Weston Volunteer, CT 91
- Near Forest Bend Volun…, TX 91
- Near Moline Fire Depar…, IL 91
- Near Pecatonica Fire P…, IL 91
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Brighton, CO
- County
- Adams County
- 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.
- 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
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 91 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.