Department profile
VolunteerTowner Volunteer Fire Department
Towner, CO · Kiowa County. Towner Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 8 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 8
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Towner Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Colorado average.
- 1st pct.
- national personnel size
- -69%
- vs. Colorado average
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.
Towner Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Towner, CO (Kiowa County) and 8 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,251 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #22,251 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #350 of 364
- 4 other listed departments in Kiowa County
Towner Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
8 Top 99% higher than 1% 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 06135 · Towner Volunteer Fire Department, CO 8 personnel
PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 8
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #22,251
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Atlanta Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Atlanta Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+ 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.
- Towner Volunteer (this dept) 8
- High Olney Rural Fire…, MT 8
- Near Atlanta Volunteer, MO 8
- Near Bellville, GA 8
- Near Charlton Township, MI 8
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Towner, CO
- County
- Kiowa County
- FDID
- 06135
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Towner Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #350 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,251 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster geometry
Kiowa County HIFLD mix around Towner Volunteer Fire Department
Kiowa County: 5 departments, 36 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 1 combination); EMS flag on 60% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Atlanta Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 8 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.