Department profile
VolunteerNorthern Saguache County Fire Protection District
Saguache, CO · Saguache County. Northern Saguache County Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 48 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 48
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Northern Saguache County Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Colorado average.
- Top 19%
- national personnel size
- +85%
- 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.
Northern Saguache County Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Saguache, CO (Saguache County), with 5 stations and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,315 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,315 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #72 of 364
- 10.42 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Saguache County
Northern Saguache County Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 10910 · Northern Saguache County Fire Protection District, CO 48 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 48
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #4,315
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tri-Village
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tri-Village Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Northern Saguache… (this dept) 48
- High Summit-Ironville…, KY 48
- Near Tri-Village, NY 48
- Near Irasburg, VT 48
- Near White Mountain La…, AZ 48
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Saguache, CO
- County
- Saguache County
- FDID
- 10910
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Northern Saguache County Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #72 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,315 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
Northern Saguache County Fire Protection District carries 47.5% of Saguache County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (101 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 86% of the county count. County / state rollup.
10.42 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 48 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tri-Village Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 48 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.