Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderLefthand 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.
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.
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.
- Lefthand Fire and… (this dept) 28
- High Northwest Fire Pr…, MO 28
- Near West Glocester, RI 28
- Near Yadkin Valley Vol…, NC 28
- Near Melrose Township, MI 28
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Boulder, CO
- County
- Boulder County
- 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.
- 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).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.