Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department
Bellvue, CO · Larimer County. Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Colorado average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- -4%
- vs. Colorado average
- 5
- 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.
Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bellvue, CO (Larimer County), with 5 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,897 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,897 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #200 of 364
- 20.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Larimer County
Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 06970 · Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department, CO 25 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,897
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arcadia
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Arcadia Fire Department, LA (+ 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.
- Rist Canyon Volun… (this dept) 25
- High Spring Lake Towns…, MI 25
- Near Arcadia, LA 25
- Near Crockery Township, MI 25
- Near Jamestown Township, MI 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bellvue, CO
- County
- Larimer County
- FDID
- 06970
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #200 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,897 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster fringe
Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department is 3.5% of Larimer County roster mass
The county lists 29 departments totaling 715 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 83% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
20.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Arcadia Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.