Department profile
CombinationNucla Naturita Volunteer Fire Department
Nucla, CO · Montrose County. Nucla Naturita Volunteer Fire Department is a Combination department, 3 stations and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Nucla Naturita Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Colorado average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- +23%
- vs. Colorado average
- 3
- 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.
Nucla Naturita Volunteer Fire Department is a Combination department serving Nucla, CO (Montrose County), with 3 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,248 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,248 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #133 of 364
- 9.38 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Montrose County
Nucla Naturita Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 08530 · Nucla Naturita Volunteer Fire Department, CO 32 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,248
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dublin
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Dublin Fire Department, GA (+ 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.
- Nucla Naturita Vo… (this dept) 32
- High Lake Toxaway Fire…, NC 32
- Near Dublin, GA 32
- Near Halifax Volunteer, VA 32
- Near Clover Volunteer, VA 32
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Nucla, CO
- County
- Montrose County
- FDID
- 08530
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Nucla Naturita Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #133 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,248 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County staffing outlier
Combination island in a volunteer-heavy Montrose County
County mix is mostly volunteer (3 volunteer / 1 career / 2 combination), while this page is typed combination. County / state rollup.
9.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Dublin Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.