Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Tri-Lakes/Monument Fire Rescue Authority

Monument, CO · El Paso County. Tri-Lakes/Monument Fire Rescue Authority is a Career (Paid) 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

Tri-Lakes/Monument Fire Rescue Authority pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Colorado average.

26th 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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
42/100
Tri-Lakes/Monument Fire Rescue Authority

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.

Staffing capacity C
21 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
21 personnel · 1 station

Tri-Lakes/Monument Fire Rescue Authority is a Career (Paid) department serving Monument, CO (El Paso 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 #16,562 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,562 of 22,440
  • CO personnel rank #231 of 364
  • 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 33 other listed departments in El Paso County

Tri-Lakes/Monument Fire Rescue Authority vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

21 Top 74% higher than 26% 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 04190 · Tri-Lakes/Monument Fire Rescue Authority, CO 21 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 21
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #16,562
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Darlington
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Darlington Fire Department, NC (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Monument, CO
FDID
04190

Staffing vs the Colorado average

How Tri-Lakes/Monument Fire Rescue Authority's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #231 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,562 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 19% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
55
CO departments
575

County roster fringe

Tri-Lakes/Monument Fire Rescue Authority is 1.4% of El Paso County roster mass

The county lists 42 departments totaling 1,531 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 71% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Darlington Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide career peers near 21 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.