Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWest Metro Fire Protection District
Lakewood, CO · Jefferson County. West Metro Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 15 stations and 385 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.
- 385
- Total personnel
- 15
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Metro Fire Protection District pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1381%
- vs. Colorado average
- 15
- stations
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.
West Metro Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Lakewood, CO (Jefferson County), with 15 stations and 385 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #79 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #79 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #3 of 364
- 3.90 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 25 other listed departments in Jefferson County
West Metro Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
385 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 05909 · West Metro Fire Protection District, CO 385 personnel · 15 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 385
- STA-MULTI 15 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #79
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Frisco
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Frisco Fire Department, TX ( -3 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.
- High Navy Regional Mid…, VA 389
- Near Wichita, KS 388
- Near Saint Lucie Count…, FL 388
- West Metro Fire P… (this dept) 385
- Low Frisco, TX 382
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Lakewood, CO
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 05909
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How West Metro Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #3 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #79 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 15
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster weight
West Metro Fire Protection District carries 28.9% of Jefferson County HIFLD personnel
Among 34 listed departments (1,331 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 26% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (15 stations / 385 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Frisco Fire Department, TX (-3 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 385 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.