Department profile
VolunteerCentral Crossing Fire Protection District
Shell Knob, MO · Barry County. Central Crossing Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 55 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 55
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Central Crossing Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.
- Top 14%
- national personnel size
- +175%
- vs. Missouri average
- 5
- stations
- $956,381
- 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.
Central Crossing Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Shell Knob, MO (Barry County), with 5 stations and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,105 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $956,381.
- National personnel rank #3,105 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #51 of 659
- 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Barry County
Central Crossing Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
55 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 00512 · Central Crossing Fire Protection District, MO 55 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 55
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,105
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Orange Beach Fire…
- FEMA-MID $956K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Orange Beach Fire and Rescue, AL (+ 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.
- Central Crossing… (this dept) 55
- High Thornapple Townsh…, MI 55
- Near Orange Beach Fire…, AL 55
- Near Sisters Camp Sher…, OR 55
- Near Bywy Volunteer, MS 55
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Shell Knob, MO
- County
- Barry County
- FDID
- 00512
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-03709 | $385,714.28 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-05609 | $342,095.23 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FV-01579 | $228,571 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Central Crossing Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #51 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,105 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster geometry
Barry County HIFLD mix around Central Crossing Fire Protection District
Barry County: 20 departments, 281 personnel (7 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 65% of departments. County / state rollup.
9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 55 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Orange Beach Fire and Rescue, AL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 55 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.