Department profile
VolunteerWalsh Fire Department
Walsh, CO · Baca County. Walsh Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Walsh Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Colorado average.
- 11th pct.
- national personnel size
- -38%
- 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.
Walsh Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Walsh, CO (Baca County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,884 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,884 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #288 of 364
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Baca County
Walsh Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 00945 · Walsh Fire Department, CO 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,884
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ One Horse Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: One Horse Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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.
- Walsh (this dept) 16
- High Green Island, NY 16
- Near One Horse Volunte…, AR 16
- Near Forest Home Volun…, AL 16
- Near Lyons Volunteer, SD 16
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Walsh, CO
- County
- Baca County
- FDID
- 00945
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Walsh Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #288 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,884 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 Walsh Fire Department
Baca County: 7 departments, 68 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 29% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: One Horse Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.