Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Cowgill Town and Country Fire Department

Cowgill, MO · Caldwell County. Cowgill Town and Country Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 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.

26
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Cowgill Town and Country Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Missouri average.

44th pct.
national personnel size
+30%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
57/100
Cowgill Town and Country Fire Department

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 C
26 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
26 personnel · 1 station

Cowgill Town and Country Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cowgill, MO (Caldwell County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,494 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,494 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #280 of 659
  • 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 7 other listed departments in Caldwell County

Cowgill Town and Country Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

26 Top 56% higher than 44% 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 01303 · Cowgill Town and Country Fire Department, MO 26 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 26
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #12,494
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Newton Township
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Newton Township Fire Department, MI (+ 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
Cowgill, MO
FDID
01303

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Cowgill Town and Country Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #280 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,494 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 30% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster weight

Cowgill Town and Country Fire Department carries 31.7% of Caldwell County HIFLD personnel

Among 8 listed departments (82 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 63% of the county count. County / state rollup.

3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Newton Township Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel

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