Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Westminster Fire Department

Westminster, CO · Adams County. Westminster Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 146 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.

146
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Westminster Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.

Top 2%
national personnel size
+462%
vs. Colorado average
6
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
52/100
Westminster Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity C
24.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
146 personnel · 6 stations

Westminster Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Westminster, CO (Adams County), with 6 stations and 146 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #442 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #442 of 22,440
  • CO personnel rank #8 of 364
  • 4.11 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 15 other listed departments in Adams County

Westminster Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

146 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 00190 · Westminster Fire Department, CO 146 personnel · 6 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 146
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #442
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gorham Fire Rescu…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Gorham Fire Rescue - Central Station, ME (+ 0 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Westminster, CO
FDID
00190

Staffing vs the Colorado average

How Westminster Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #8 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #442 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 462% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
55
CO departments
575

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a combination-heavy Adams County

County mix is mostly combination (3 volunteer / 3 career / 6 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

4.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 146 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Gorham Fire Rescue - Central Station, ME (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

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Federal Heights Fire Department
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North Metro Fire Rescue District
Northglenn · career
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Nationwide career peers near 146 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.