Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDeer Creek Fire Protection District
Edwards, MO · Benton County. Deer Creek Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 48 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.
- 48
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Deer Creek Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.
- Top 19%
- national personnel size
- +140%
- vs. Missouri average
- 4
- 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.
Deer Creek Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Edwards, MO (Benton County), with 4 stations and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,259 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,259 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #75 of 659
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Benton County
Deer Creek Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 00801 · Deer Creek Fire Protection District, MO 48 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 48
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,259
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Shopville-Stab Vo…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Shopville-Stab Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 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.
- Deer Creek Fire P… (this dept) 48
- High Brewster, MA 48
- Near Shopville-Stab Vo…, KY 48
- Near Baltimore Pike Vo…, MD 48
- Near Lake Meade Fire a…, PA 48
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Edwards, MO
- County
- Benton County
- FDID
- 00801
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Deer Creek Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #75 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,259 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster weight
Deer Creek Fire Protection District carries 35.3% 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.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 48 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Shopville-Stab Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 48 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.