Department profile
CombinationPlatte Valley Fire Protection District
Kersey, CO · Weld County. Platte Valley Fire Protection District is a Combination department, 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Platte Valley Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Colorado average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +42%
- 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.
Platte Valley Fire Protection District is a Combination department serving Kersey, CO (Weld County), with 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,117 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,117 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #109 of 364
- 2.70 stations per 100 personnel
- 29 other listed departments in Weld County
Platte Valley Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 12366 · Platte Valley Fire Protection District, CO 37 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #7,117
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Harmony Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Harmony Township Fire Department, OH (+ 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 Valley Fir… (this dept) 37
- High Tubac Fire Distri…, AZ 37
- Near Harmony Township, OH 37
- Near Calexico, CA 37
- Near Williamsburg Town…, OH 37
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Kersey, CO
- County
- Weld County
- FDID
- 12366
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Platte Valley Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #109 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,117 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster fringe
Platte Valley Fire Protection District is 4.9% of Weld County roster mass
The county lists 33 departments totaling 762 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 55% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Harmony Township Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.