Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderEssex Volunteer Fire Department
Essex, MO · Stoddard County. Essex Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 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.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Essex Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Missouri average.
- 8th 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.
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.
Essex Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Essex, MO (Stoddard County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,734 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,734 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #582 of 659
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Stoddard County
Essex Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
14 Top 92% higher than 8% 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 10408 · Essex Volunteer Fire Department, MO 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,734
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Fork Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: South Fork Volunteer Fire Department, CO (+ 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.
- Essex Volunteer (this dept) 14
- High Cal Cam Volunteer, LA 14
- Near South Fork Volunt…, CO 14
- Near West Park Fire Pr…, CO 14
- Near Yampa Fire Protec…, CO 14
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Essex, MO
- County
- Stoddard County
- FDID
- 10408
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Essex Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #582 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,734 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster geometry
Stoddard County HIFLD mix around Essex Volunteer Fire Department
Stoddard County: 10 departments, 101 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: South Fork Volunteer Fire Department, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.