Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderPoudre Fire Authority
Fort Collins, CO · Larimer County. Poudre Fire Authority is a Career (Paid) department, 12 stations and 190 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.
- 190
- Total personnel
- 12
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Poudre Fire Authority pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +631%
- vs. Colorado average
- 12
- stations
- $290,720
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Poudre Fire Authority is a Career (Paid) department serving Fort Collins, CO (Larimer County), with 12 stations and 190 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #254 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $290,720.
- National personnel rank #254 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #6 of 364
- 6.32 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Larimer County
Poudre Fire Authority vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
190 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 06960 · Poudre Fire Authority, CO 190 personnel · 12 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 190
- STA-MULTI 12 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #254
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Irishtown Fire Co…
- FEMA-LIGHT $291K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Irishtown Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- High Greater Prudhoe B…, AK 191
- Poudre Fire Autho… (this dept) 190
- Near Irishtown Fire Co…, PA 190
- Near Long Beach, NY 190
- Near Brentwood, NY 190
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Fort Collins, CO
- County
- Larimer County
- FDID
- 06960
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | EMW2011FV02790 | $290,720 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Poudre Fire Authority's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #6 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #254 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 12
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
Poudre Fire Authority carries 26.6% of Larimer County HIFLD personnel
Among 29 listed departments (715 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 38% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.32 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (12 stations / 190 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Irishtown Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 190 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.