Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderPlatte Canyon Fire District
Bailey, CO · Park County. Platte Canyon Fire District is a Combination department, 4 stations and 64 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.
- 64
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Platte Canyon Fire District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +146%
- vs. Colorado average
- 4
- 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.
Platte Canyon Fire District is a Combination department serving Bailey, CO (Park County), with 4 stations and 64 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,329 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,329 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #41 of 364
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Park County
Platte Canyon Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
64 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 09345 · Platte Canyon Fire District, CO 64 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 64
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,329
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lake Saint Louis…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lake Saint Louis Fire Protection District House 1, MO (+ 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.
- Platte Canyon Fir… (this dept) 64
- High Port Orange Fire…, FL 64
- Near Lake Saint Louis…, MO 64
- Near Fenton Fire Distr…, MO 64
- Near Fairfield, OH 64
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Bailey, CO
- County
- Park County
- FDID
- 09345
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Platte Canyon Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #41 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,329 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
Platte Canyon Fire District carries 32.2% of Park County HIFLD personnel
Among 12 listed departments (199 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 8% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 64 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lake Saint Louis Fire Protection District House 1, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 64 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.