Department profile
CombinationPlatteville-Gilcrest Fire Protection District
Platteville, CO · Weld County. Platteville-Gilcrest Fire Protection District is a Combination department, 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Platteville-Gilcrest Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Colorado average.
- Top 28%
- national personnel size
- +54%
- vs. Colorado average
- 2
- 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.
Platteville-Gilcrest Fire Protection District is a Combination department serving Platteville, CO (Weld County), with 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,250 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,250 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #97 of 364
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 29 other listed departments in Weld County
Platteville-Gilcrest Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 12369 · Platteville-Gilcrest Fire Protection District, CO 40 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #6,250
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mount Storm Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Mount Storm Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Platteville-Gilcr… (this dept) 40
- High Kingsdale Volunte…, PA 40
- Near Mount Storm Volun…, WV 40
- Near Metuchen Volunteer, NJ 40
- Near Eastman Volunteer, WI 40
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Platteville, CO
- County
- Weld County
- FDID
- 12369
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Platteville-Gilcrest Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #97 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,250 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster fringe
Platteville-Gilcrest Fire Protection District is 5.2% 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.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Mount Storm Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.