Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderPalisade Fire Department
Palisade, CO · Mesa County. Palisade Fire Department is a Combination department, 1 station and 34 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.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Palisade Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Colorado average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- +31%
- 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.
Palisade Fire Department is a Combination department serving Palisade, CO (Mesa County), with 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,450 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,450 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #123 of 364
- 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Mesa County
Palisade Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 07750 · Palisade Fire Department, CO 34 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,450
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Elk Creek Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Elk Creek Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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.
- Palisade (this dept) 34
- High Anadarko Fire Dep…, OK 34
- Near Elk Creek Volunte…, VA 34
- Near Red Springs, NC 34
- Near Sunny View Fire a…, NC 34
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Palisade, CO
- County
- Mesa County
- FDID
- 07750
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Palisade Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #123 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,450 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County staffing outlier
Combination island in a volunteer-heavy Mesa County
County mix is mostly volunteer (6 volunteer / 1 career / 4 combination), while this page is typed combination. County / state rollup.
2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Elk Creek Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.