Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderWheat Ridge Fire Protection District
Wheat Ridge, CO · Jefferson County. Wheat Ridge Fire Protection District is a Combination department, 2 stations and 106 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.
- 106
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Wheat Ridge Fire Protection District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Colorado average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +308%
- vs. Colorado average
- 2
- 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.
Wheat Ridge Fire Protection District is a Combination department serving Wheat Ridge, CO (Jefferson County), with 2 stations and 106 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #835 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #835 of 22,440
- CO personnel rank #18 of 364
- 1.89 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 25 other listed departments in Jefferson County
Wheat Ridge Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
106 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 05996 · Wheat Ridge Fire Protection District, CO 106 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 106
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #835
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Boynton Beach Fir…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Boynton Beach Fire Rescue, FL (+ 0 personnel)
Combination-staffed 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.
- Wheat Ridge Fire… (this dept) 106
- High Arlington Heights, IL 106
- Near Boynton Beach Fir…, FL 106
- Near Columbus, IN 106
- Near Morganton Departm…, NC 106
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Wheat Ridge, CO
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 05996
Staffing vs the Colorado average
How Wheat Ridge Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Colorado. In-state it ranks #18 of 364 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #835 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- CO departments
- 575
County roster fringe
Wheat Ridge Fire Protection District is 8.0% of Jefferson County roster mass
The county lists 34 departments totaling 1,331 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 65% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.89 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 106 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Boynton Beach Fire Rescue, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 106 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CO department.