Personnel
The Pueblo West Fire Department is a combination department consisting of both career and volunteer firefighters. The department maintains a minimum staffing level of three firefighters per station serving one station north of Highway 50 and one station south of Highway 50.
Personnel consists of:
- Command Staff: three career and two volunteer
- Six fire captains
- 12 full-time firefighters
- Four part-time firefighters
- Resident Volunteer Staff: eight firefighters and six wildland firefighters
Service Area
The Pueblo West Fire Department service area covers the approximate 50 square miles of Pueblo West, and along the Interstate-25 corridor from mile marker 104 to mile marker 116 at the El Paso county line for traffic accidents. The Fire Department also provides HazMat coverage for Lake Pueblo State Park and provides HazMat/Extrication assistance to parts of the Beulah Highway 78.
Pueblo West Fire also has several mutual aid agreements with other county and city agencies for assistance as needed.
Apparatus
- Engines (4)
- Ladder Trucks (2)
- HazMat (1)
- Med Units (1)
- Brush Trucks (3)
- Command Vehicles (5)
Statistics
- Area: 49.1 square miles
- Population: 31,000
- Calls for service in 2020: 3,511
- Manned Stations: 2
- Unmanned Stations: 1