Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRattlesnake Fire Protection District
Parker, CO · Elbert County. Rattlesnake Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 46 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.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rattlesnake Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Colorado average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +77%
- vs. Colorado average
- 4
- 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.
Rattlesnake Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Parker, CO (Elbert County), with 4 stations and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,665 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,665 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #80 of 364
- 8.70 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Elbert County
Rattlesnake Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 03950 · Rattlesnake Fire Protection District, CO 46 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,665
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oxford
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Oxford Fire Department, NC (+ 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.
- Rattlesnake Fire… (this dept) 46
- High Colfax Volunteer, NC 46
- Near Oxford, NC 46
- Near Johnson City, NY 46
- Near Alamance, NC 46
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Parker, CO
- County
- Elbert County
- FDID
- 03950
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Rattlesnake Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #80 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,665 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster geometry
Elbert County HIFLD mix around Rattlesnake Fire Protection District
Elbert County: 10 departments, 190 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 3 combination); EMS flag on 70% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Oxford Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.