Department profile

Volunteer

Cole Camp and Rural Fire Protection District

Cole Camp, MO · Benton County. Cole Camp and Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

38
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Cole Camp and Rural Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Missouri average.

Top 30%
national personnel size
+90%
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
81/100
Cole Camp and Rural Fire Protection District

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
38 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
38 personnel · 1 station

Cole Camp and Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Cole Camp, MO (Benton County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,697 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,697 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #133 of 659
  • 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
  • 5 other listed departments in Benton County

Cole Camp and Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 00802 · Cole Camp and Rural Fire Protection District, MO 38 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 38
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #6,697
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brandon
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Brandon Fire Department, SD (+ 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
Cole Camp, MO
FDID
00802

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Cole Camp and Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #133 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,697 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 90% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster weight

Cole Camp and Rural Fire Protection District carries 27.9% of Benton County HIFLD personnel

Among 10 listed departments (136 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.

2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Brandon Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 38 personnel

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