Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderRifle Fire Protection District
Rifle, CO · Garfield County. Rifle Fire Protection District is a Combination department, 2 stations and 62 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.
- 62
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rifle Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +138%
- 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.
Rifle Fire Protection District is a Combination department serving Rifle, CO (Garfield County), with 2 stations and 62 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,461 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,461 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #42 of 364
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Garfield County
Rifle Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
62 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 04535 · Rifle Fire Protection District, CO 62 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 62
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,461
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Elk City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Elk City 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.
- Rifle Fire Protec… (this dept) 62
- High Greenwich, CT 62
- Near Elk City, OK 62
- Near Shelby Township, MI 62
- Near Vernon, AL 62
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Rifle, CO
- County
- Garfield County
- FDID
- 04535
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Rifle Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #42 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,461 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster geometry
Garfield County HIFLD mix around Rifle Fire Protection District
Garfield County: 12 departments, 272 personnel (1 volunteer / 2 career / 3 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 62 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Elk City 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 62 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.