Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderLamar Fire and Ambulance Service
Lamar, CO · Prowers County. Lamar Fire and Ambulance Service is a Combination department, 3 stations and 37 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.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lamar Fire and Ambulance Service pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Colorado average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- +42%
- vs. Colorado average
- 3
- 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.
Lamar Fire and Ambulance Service is a Combination department serving Lamar, CO (Prowers County), with 3 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,057 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,057 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #108 of 364
- 8.11 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Prowers County
Lamar Fire and Ambulance Service vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 09930 · Lamar Fire and Ambulance Service, CO 37 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,057
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ White Lake
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: White Lake Fire Department, SD (+ 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.
- Lamar Fire and Am… (this dept) 37
- High Westlake Volunteer, LA 37
- Near White Lake, SD 37
- Near Frederick County…, MD 37
- Near Sherrodsville Vol…, OH 37
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Lamar, CO
- County
- Prowers County
- FDID
- 09930
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Lamar Fire and Ambulance Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #108 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,057 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
Lamar Fire and Ambulance Service carries 33.6% of Prowers County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (110 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 43% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: White Lake Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.