Department profile

Volunteer

Dixon Rural Fire Protection District

Dixon, MO · Pulaski County. Dixon Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 57 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

57
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Dixon Rural Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.

Top 13%
national personnel size
+185%
vs. Missouri average
3
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
35/100
Dixon 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 D
19 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
57 personnel · 3 stations

Dixon Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Dixon, MO (Pulaski County), with 3 stations and 57 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,893 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #2,893 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #47 of 659
  • 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
  • 7 other listed departments in Pulaski County

Dixon Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

57 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 08501 · Dixon Rural Fire Protection District, MO 57 personnel · 3 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 57
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #2,893
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Union Emergency S…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Union Emergency Services Alliance, 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Dixon, MO
FDID
08501

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Dixon Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #47 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,893 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 185% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster geometry

Pulaski County HIFLD mix around Dixon Rural Fire Protection District

Pulaski County: 11 departments, 290 personnel (4 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 82% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 57 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Union Emergency Services Alliance, KY (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 57 personnel

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