Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLyons Fire Protection District
Lyons, CO · Boulder County. Lyons Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 40 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.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lyons Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Colorado average.
- Top 27%
- national personnel size
- +54%
- vs. Colorado average
- 2
- stations
- $577,826
- 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.
Lyons Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Lyons, CO (Boulder County), with 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,142 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $577,826.
- National personnel rank #6,142 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #94 of 364
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 26 other listed departments in Boulder County
Lyons Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 27% higher than 73% 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 01367 · Lyons Fire Protection District, CO 40 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,142
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sawmills Voluntee…
- FEMA-MID $578K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sawmills Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- Lyons Fire Protec… (this dept) 40
- High Pleasantville Fir…, NJ 40
- Near Sawmills Voluntee…, NC 40
- Near Valmead Volunteer…, NC 40
- Near New Haven Fire St…, VT 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lyons, CO
- County
- Boulder County
- FDID
- 01367
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-05015 | $578,257.14 |
| 2011 | EMW2010FF00583 | $-431 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Lyons Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #94 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,142 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster fringe
Lyons Fire Protection District is 4.7% 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.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sawmills Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.