Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderProwers County Rural Fire Department
Lamar, CO · Prowers County. Prowers County Rural Fire Department is a Combination department, 1 station and 31 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.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Prowers County Rural Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Colorado average.
- Top 43%
- national personnel size
- +19%
- 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.
Prowers County Rural Fire Department is a Combination department serving Lamar, CO (Prowers County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,712 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,712 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #139 of 364
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Prowers County
Prowers County Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 09940 · Prowers County Rural Fire Department, CO 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,712
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ardmore
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ardmore Fire Department, OK (+ 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.
- Prowers County Ru… (this dept) 31
- High Kingsburg, CA 31
- Near Ardmore, OK 31
- Near East Clark County…, AR 31
- Near Ward 1 Fire Prote…, LA 31
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Lamar, CO
- County
- Prowers County
- FDID
- 09940
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Prowers County Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #139 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,712 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
Prowers County Rural Fire Department carries 28.2% of Prowers County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (110 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 43% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ardmore Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.