Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Cameron Fire Department

Cameron, MO · Clinton County. Cameron Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 48 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.

48
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Cameron Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.

Top 19%
national personnel size
+140%
vs. Missouri average
1
station

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
PlainFireData Composite Score
90/100
Cameron 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 A
48 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
48 personnel · 1 station

Cameron Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cameron, MO (Clinton County), with 1 station and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,239 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,239 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #73 of 659
  • 2.08 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 4 other listed departments in Clinton County

Cameron Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 02506 · Cameron Fire Department, MO 48 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 48
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,239
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rhems Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Rhems Volunteer Fire Department, 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Cameron, MO
FDID
02506

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Cameron Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #73 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,239 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 140% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster weight

Cameron Fire Department carries 39.0% of Clinton County HIFLD personnel

Among 5 listed departments (123 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.

2.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 48 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Rhems Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Gower Fire Protection District
Gower · volunteer
Lathrop Fire and Rescue
Lathrop · volunteer
Plattsburg Fire Protection District
Plattsburg · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 48 personnel

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