Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderUpper Pine River Fire Protection District
Bayfield, CO · La Plata County. Upper Pine River Fire Protection District is a Combination department, 6 stations and 70 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.
- 70
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Upper Pine River Fire Protection District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +169%
- vs. Colorado average
- 6
- stations
- $957,217
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Upper Pine River Fire Protection District is a Combination department serving Bayfield, CO (La Plata County), with 6 stations and 70 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,977 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $957,217.
- National personnel rank #1,977 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #33 of 364
- 8.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in La Plata County
Upper Pine River Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
70 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 06760 · Upper Pine River Fire Protection District, CO 70 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 70
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,977
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greenwood Volunte…
- FEMA-MID $957K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Greenwood Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Upper Pine River… (this dept) 70
- High Carroll County, MD 70
- Near Greenwood Volunte…, PA 70
- Near Lake Monticello V…, VA 70
- Near Stanley Hose Comp…, NY 70
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Bayfield, CO
- County
- La Plata County
- FDID
- 06760
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW2016FH00425 | $302,236.33 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FH00351 | $654,981 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Upper Pine River Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #33 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,977 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
Upper Pine River Fire Protection District carries 26.8% of La Plata County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (261 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 22% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 70 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Greenwood Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 70 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.