Department profile

CombinationEMS Provider

LA Veta Fire Protection District

Laveta, CO · Huerfano County. LA Veta Fire Protection District is a Combination department, 2 stations and 22 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.

22
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

LA Veta Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Colorado average.

30th pct.
national personnel size
-15%
vs. Colorado average
2
stations
$198,000
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
22/100
LA Veta 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 F
11 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 D
$9,000 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
22 personnel · 2 stations

LA Veta Fire Protection District is a Combination department serving Laveta, CO (Huerfano County), with 2 stations and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,752 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $198,000.

  • National personnel rank #15,752 of 22,440
  • CO personnel rank #222 of 364
  • 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 4 other listed departments in Huerfano County

LA Veta Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

22 Top 70% higher than 30% 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 05530 · LA Veta Fire Protection District, CO 22 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 22
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-COMB Combination
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #15,752
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ LA Grange
  • FEMA-LIGHT $198K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: LA Grange Fire Department, MO (+ 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
Laveta, CO
FDID
05530

FEMA Grant History

$198K
Cumulative funding (FY2023)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FG-01726 $198,000

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Colorado average

How LA Veta Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #222 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,752 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 15% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
55
CO departments
575

County roster weight

LA Veta Fire Protection District carries 25.0% of Huerfano County HIFLD personnel

Among 6 listed departments (88 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.

9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 22 roster).

Photo-finish peer: LA Grange Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).

Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 22 personnel

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