Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRangely Rural Fire Protection District
Rangely, CO · Rio Blanco County. Rangely Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rangely Rural Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Colorado average.
- 27th pct.
- 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.
Rangely Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Rangely, CO (Rio Blanco County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,467 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,467 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #229 of 364
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 1 other listed department in Rio Blanco County
Rangely Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 73% higher than 27% 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 10315 · Rangely Rural Fire Protection District, CO 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,467
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sarles Fire Prote…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sarles Fire Protection District, ND (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- Rangely Rural Fir… (this dept) 21
- High Brown Township, OH 21
- Near Sarles Fire Prote…, ND 21
- Near Chamita, NM 21
- Near Meadow Bridge Vol…, WV 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rangely, CO
- County
- Rio Blanco County
- FDID
- 10315
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Rangely Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #229 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,467 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
Rangely Rural Fire Protection District carries 42.9% of Rio Blanco County HIFLD personnel
Among 2 listed departments (49 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sarles Fire Protection District, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.