Department profile

CombinationEMS Provider

Lefthand Fire and Rescue

Boulder, CO · Boulder County. Lefthand Fire and Rescue is a Combination department, 5 stations and 28 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.

28
Total personnel
5
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Lefthand Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Colorado average.

48th pct.
national personnel size
+8%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
5/100
Lefthand Fire and Rescue

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
5.6 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
28 personnel · 5 stations

Lefthand Fire and Rescue is a Combination department serving Boulder, CO (Boulder County), with 5 stations and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,584 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #11,584 of 22,440
  • CO personnel rank #168 of 364
  • 17.86 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 26 other listed departments in Boulder County

Lefthand Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

28 Top 52% higher than 48% 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 01357 · Lefthand Fire and Rescue, CO 28 personnel · 5 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 28
  • STA-FEW 5 stations
  • TYPE-COMB Combination
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #11,584
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Glocester
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: West Glocester Fire Department, RI (+ 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
Boulder, CO
FDID
01357

Staffing vs the Colorado average

How Lefthand Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #168 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,584 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 8% above the state average
Stations
5
State fire deaths/yr
55
CO departments
575

County roster fringe

Lefthand Fire and Rescue is 3.3% of Boulder County roster mass

The county lists 34 departments totaling 844 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 79% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

17.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 28 roster).

Photo-finish peer: West Glocester Fire Department, RI (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 28 personnel

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