Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderLA Junta Rural Fire Protection District
La Junta, CO · Otero County. LA Junta Rural Fire Protection District is a Combination department, 3 stations and 52 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.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
LA Junta Rural Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- vs. Colorado average
- 3
- stations
- $491,896
- 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.
LA Junta Rural Fire Protection District is a Combination department serving La Junta, CO (Otero County), with 3 stations and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,596 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $491,896.
- National personnel rank #3,596 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #63 of 364
- 5.77 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Otero County
LA Junta Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 08920 · LA Junta Rural Fire Protection District, CO 52 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,596
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Diamond Springs-e…
- FEMA-LIGHT $492K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Diamond Springs-el Dorado Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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.
- LA Junta Rural Fi… (this dept) 52
- High Silverdale Volunt…, PA 52
- Near Diamond Springs-e…, CA 52
- Near East New Market V…, MD 52
- Near City of Trenton, OH 52
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- La Junta, CO
- County
- Otero County
- FDID
- 08920
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FO-0500 | $491,896 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How LA Junta Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #63 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,596 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
LA Junta Rural Fire Protection District carries 45.2% of Otero County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (115 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.77 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Diamond Springs-el Dorado Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.