Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderColumbia Fire Department
Columbia, MO · Boone County. Columbia Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 8 stations and 132 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.
- 132
- Total personnel
- 8
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Columbia Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +560%
- vs. Missouri average
- 8
- stations
- $5,350,604
- 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.
Columbia Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Columbia, MO (Boone County), with 8 stations and 132 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #542 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $5,350,604.
- National personnel rank #542 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #8 of 659
- 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Boone County
Columbia Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
132 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 01005 · Columbia Fire Department, MO 132 personnel · 8 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 132
- STA-MULTI 8 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #542
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Taunton Fire Depa…
- FEMA-HEAVY $5.4M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Taunton Fire Department - Central Station, MA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Columbia (this dept) 132
- High Metal Township Fi…, PA 132
- Near Taunton Fire Depa…, MA 132
- Near Loudoun County De…, VA 132
- Near Springfield Fire…, OH 132
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Columbia, MO
- County
- Boone County
- FDID
- 01005
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-15514 | $178,147.73 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00374 | $401,359 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO04890 | $434,052 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FH00379 | $203,325 |
| 2012 | EMW-2012-FH-0037 | $4,133,720 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Columbia Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #8 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #542 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 8
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster weight
Columbia Fire Department carries 26.7% of Boone County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (494 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 13% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 132 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Taunton Fire Department - Central Station, MA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 132 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.