Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBranson Fire and Rescue
Branson, MO · Taney County. Branson Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 44 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.
- 44
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Branson Fire and Rescue pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.
- Top 23%
- national personnel size
- +120%
- vs. Missouri average
- 3
- stations
- $808,304
- 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.
Branson Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Branson, MO (Taney County), with 3 stations and 44 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,092 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $808,304.
- National personnel rank #5,092 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #97 of 659
- 6.82 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Taney County
Branson Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
44 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 10702 · Branson Fire and Rescue, MO 44 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 44
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,092
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Show Low
- FEMA-MID $808K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Show Low Fire Department, AZ (+ 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 MO department.
- Branson Fire and… (this dept) 44
- High Millers Creek Vol…, NC 44
- Near Show Low, AZ 44
- Near Chaska, MN 44
- Near Charlestown, IN 44
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Branson, MO
- County
- Taney County
- FDID
- 10702
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-07331 | $195,642.85 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-05318 | $314,857 |
| 2017 | EMW2015FH00330 | $297,804 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00247 | $0 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Branson Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #97 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,092 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Taney County
County mix is mostly volunteer (7 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
6.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 44 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Show Low Fire Department, AZ (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 44 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.