Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderParker Fire Protection District
Parker, CO · Douglas County. Parker Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 126 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.
- 126
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Parker Fire Protection District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +385%
- 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.
Parker Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Parker, CO (Douglas County), with 5 stations and 126 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #601 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #601 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #12 of 364
- 3.97 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Douglas County
Parker Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
126 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 03550 · Parker Fire Protection District, CO 126 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 126
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #601
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Swansea
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Swansea Fire Department, MA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Parker Fire Prote… (this dept) 126
- High Central Yavapai F…, AZ 126
- Near Swansea, MA 126
- Near Center Point Fire…, AL 126
- Near Lake Charles, LA 126
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Parker, CO
- County
- Douglas County
- FDID
- 03550
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Parker Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #12 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #601 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
Parker Fire Protection District carries 30.4% of Douglas County HIFLD personnel
Among 14 listed departments (414 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 14% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.97 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 126 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Swansea Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 126 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.