Department profile
VolunteerCity of Forsyth Fire Department
Forsyth, MO · Taney County. City of Forsyth Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Forsyth Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Missouri average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- +5%
- 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 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 Forsyth Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Forsyth, MO (Taney County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,175 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,175 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #390 of 659
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Taney County
City of Forsyth Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 10704 · City of Forsyth Fire Department, MO 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #16,175
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Otoe Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Otoe Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 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 Forsyth (this dept) 21
- High Sarles Fire Prote…, ND 21
- Near Otoe Volunteer, NE 21
- Near Jackson Township…, IN 21
- Near Rangely Rural Fir…, CO 21
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Forsyth, MO
- County
- Taney County
- FDID
- 10704
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | EMW2008FF00581 | $-5,807 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How City of Forsyth Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #390 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,175 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster fringe
City of Forsyth Fire Department is 7.3% of Taney County roster mass
The county lists 13 departments totaling 287 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 54% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Otoe Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.