Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBolivar Fire Department
Bolivar, MO · Polk County. Bolivar Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 49 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.
- 49
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bolivar Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.
- Top 18%
- national personnel size
- +145%
- vs. Missouri average
- 2
- stations
- $1,103,781
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Bolivar Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bolivar, MO (Polk County), with 2 stations and 49 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,129 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,103,781.
- National personnel rank #4,129 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #69 of 659
- 4.08 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Polk County
Bolivar Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
49 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 08401 · Bolivar Fire Department, MO 49 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 49
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,129
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Double Creek Volu…
- FEMA-MID $1.1M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Double Creek Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NC (+ 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 MO department.
- Bolivar (this dept) 49
- High Groveland Township, MI 49
- Near Double Creek Volu…, NC 49
- Near Mosquito Fire Pro…, CA 49
- Near Saluda Volunteer…, NC 49
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bolivar, MO
- County
- Polk County
- FDID
- 08401
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | EMW2014FF00208 | $26,429 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FH00547 | $608,400 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FH-0027 | $468,952 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Bolivar Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #69 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,129 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster geometry
Polk County HIFLD mix around Bolivar Fire Department
Polk County: 16 departments, 256 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 49 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Double Creek Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NC (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 49 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.