Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderEldon Fire Department
Eldon, MO · Miller County. Eldon Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 38 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.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Eldon Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Missouri average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +90%
- 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.
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.
Eldon Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Eldon, MO (Miller County), with 3 stations and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,728 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,728 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #134 of 659
- 7.89 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Miller County
Eldon Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 06601 · Eldon Fire Department, MO 38 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,728
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bailey Fire Depar…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bailey Fire Department / Green Hornet Fire District, 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.
- Eldon (this dept) 38
- High Uniopolis Volunte…, OH 38
- Near Bailey Fire Depar…, NC 38
- Near Southern Pines Fi…, NC 38
- Near White Lake Townsh…, MI 38
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Eldon, MO
- County
- Miller County
- FDID
- 06601
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Eldon Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #134 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,728 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster weight
Eldon Fire Department carries 29.2% of Miller County HIFLD personnel
Among 12 listed departments (130 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 42% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.89 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bailey Fire Department / Green Hornet Fire District, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.