Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderVolunteer Fire Department of Big Elk Meadows
Lyons, CO · Larimer County. Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk Meadows is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 54 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.
- 54
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk Meadows pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +108%
- 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.
Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk Meadows is a Volunteer department serving Lyons, CO (Larimer County), with 1 station and 54 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,397 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,397 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #57 of 364
- 1.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Larimer County
Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk Meadows vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
54 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 06910 · Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk Meadows, CO 54 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 54
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,397
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brocton Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Brocton Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Volunteer Fire De… (this dept) 54
- High Pactolus Volunteer, NC 54
- Near Brocton Volunteer, NY 54
- Near Boykin Volunteer, AL 54
- Near Lake Ozark Fire P…, MO 54
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lyons, CO
- County
- Larimer County
- FDID
- 06910
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk Meadows's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #57 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,397 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster fringe
Volunteer Fire Department of Big Elk Meadows is 7.6% 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.
1.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 54 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Brocton Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 54 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.