Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHigh Country Fire Protection District
Rollinsville, CO · Gilpin County. High Country Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 46 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.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
High Country Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Colorado average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +77%
- 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.
High Country Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Rollinsville, CO (Gilpin County), with 5 stations and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,606 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,606 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #79 of 364
- 10.87 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Gilpin County
High Country Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 04735 · High Country Fire Protection District, CO 46 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,606
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Stratford
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Stratford Fire Department, NJ (+ 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.
- High Country Fire… (this dept) 46
- High City of Olean Fir…, NY 46
- Near Stratford, NJ 46
- Near Bordelonville Vol…, LA 46
- Near DE Soto Rural Fir…, MO 46
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rollinsville, CO
- County
- Gilpin County
- FDID
- 04735
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How High Country Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #79 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,606 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
High Country Fire Protection District carries 37.1% of Gilpin County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (124 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.
10.87 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Stratford Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.