Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderManitou Springs Fire Department
Manitou Springs, CO · El Paso County. Manitou Springs Fire Department is a Combination department, 1 station 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
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Manitou Springs Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Colorado average.
- Top 27%
- national personnel size
- +54%
- vs. Colorado average
- 1
- station
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.
Manitou Springs Fire Department is a Combination department serving Manitou Springs, CO (El Paso County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,148 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,148 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #95 of 364
- 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 33 other listed departments in El Paso County
Manitou Springs Fire Department 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 04160 · Manitou Springs Fire Department, CO 40 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,148
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bungay Fire Briga…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bungay Fire Brigade, CT (+ 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.
- Manitou Springs (this dept) 40
- High Mount Ephraim, NJ 40
- Near Bungay Fire Briga…, CT 40
- Near Climax, NC 40
- Near Tarpon Springs Fi…, FL 40
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Manitou Springs, CO
- County
- El Paso County
- FDID
- 04160
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Manitou Springs Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #95 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,148 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster fringe
Manitou Springs Fire Department is 2.6% of El Paso County roster mass
The county lists 42 departments totaling 1,531 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 71% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bungay Fire Brigade, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.