Department profile
VolunteerVilas Fire Department
Vilas, CO · Baca County. Vilas Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station 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
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Vilas Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Colorado average.
- 1st pct.
- national personnel size
- -69%
- 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.
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.
Vilas Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Vilas, CO (Baca County), with 1 station and 8 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,258 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #22,258 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #352 of 364
- 12.50 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Baca County
Vilas 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 00940 · Vilas Fire Department, CO 8 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 8
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #22,258
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Providence / Moun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Providence / Mount Pisgah Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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.
- Vilas (this dept) 8
- High Rogue Valley Inte…, OR 8
- Near Providence / Moun…, AL 8
- Near South Jersey Tran…, NJ 8
- Near Michigan Departme…, MI 8
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Vilas, CO
- County
- Baca County
- FDID
- 00940
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Vilas Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #352 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,258 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster geometry
Baca County HIFLD mix around Vilas Fire Department
Baca County: 7 departments, 68 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 29% of departments. County / state rollup.
12.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 8 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Providence / Mount Pisgah Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+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.