Department profile
VolunteerLA Jara Fire Department
La Jara, CO · Conejos County. LA Jara Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 17 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 17
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
LA Jara Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Colorado average.
- 15th pct.
- national personnel size
- -35%
- vs. Colorado average
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.
LA Jara Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving La Jara, CO (Conejos County) and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,169 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,169 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #272 of 364
- 6 other listed departments in Conejos County
LA Jara Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
17 Top 85% higher than 15% 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 02155 · LA Jara Fire Department, CO 17 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,169
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sandcut Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sandcut Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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.
- LA Jara (this dept) 17
- High Sandy Ridge Volun…, SC 17
- Near Sandcut Volunteer, AL 17
- Near Salisbury, MO 17
- Near Westminster Rural, OH 17
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- La Jara, CO
- County
- Conejos County
- FDID
- 02155
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How LA Jara Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #272 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,169 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster geometry
Conejos County HIFLD mix around LA Jara Fire Department
Conejos County: 8 departments, 108 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 25% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Sandcut Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.