Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDoolittle Rural Fire Protection Association
Newburg, MO · Phelps County. Doolittle Rural Fire Protection Association is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 29 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.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Doolittle Rural Fire Protection Association pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Missouri average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +45%
- vs. Missouri average
- 2
- 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.
Doolittle Rural Fire Protection Association is a Volunteer department serving Newburg, MO (Phelps County), with 2 stations and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,014 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,014 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #248 of 659
- 6.90 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Phelps County
Doolittle Rural Fire Protection Association vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 08104 · Doolittle Rural Fire Protection Association, MO 29 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,014
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Forest City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Forest City Fire Department, NC (+ 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.
- Doolittle Rural F… (this dept) 29
- High Millport, NY 29
- Near Forest City, NC 29
- Near Bostic Volunteer, NC 29
- Near Gila Bend Air For…, AZ 29
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Newburg, MO
- County
- Phelps County
- FDID
- 08104
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Doolittle Rural Fire Protection Association's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #248 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,014 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster geometry
Phelps County HIFLD mix around Doolittle Rural Fire Protection Association
Phelps County: 11 departments, 134 personnel (3 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 64% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Forest City Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.