Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCity of DE Soto Fire and Rescue
Desoto, MO · Jefferson County. City of DE Soto Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of DE Soto Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Missouri average.
- 49th pct.
- national personnel size
- +40%
- vs. Missouri average
- 2
- stations
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.
City of DE Soto Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Desoto, MO (Jefferson County), with 2 stations and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,393 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,393 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #256 of 659
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Jefferson County
City of DE Soto Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 05010 · City of DE Soto Fire and Rescue, MO 28 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,393
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sea Isle City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sea Isle City Fire Department, NJ (+ 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.
- City of DE Soto F… (this dept) 28
- High Asbury Volunteer, AL 28
- Near Sea Isle City, NJ 28
- Near Valley Springs, AR 28
- Near Harrison Township, MI 28
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Desoto, MO
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 05010
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How City of DE Soto Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #256 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,393 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 fringe
City of DE Soto Fire and Rescue is 4.2% of Jefferson County roster mass
The county lists 28 departments totaling 660 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sea Isle City Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.