Department profile

Volunteer

Ethel Volunteer Fire Department

Ethel, MO · Macon County. Ethel Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

20
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Ethel Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Missouri average.

24th pct.
national personnel size
+0%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
38/100
Ethel Volunteer Fire Department

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
20 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
20 personnel · 1 station

Ethel Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ethel, MO (Macon County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,999 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,999 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #421 of 659
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 8 other listed departments in Macon County

Ethel Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

20 Top 76% higher than 24% 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 06109 · Ethel Volunteer Fire Department, MO 20 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #16,999
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Renfroe Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Renfroe Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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
Ethel, MO
FDID
06109

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Ethel Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #421 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,999 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 0% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster geometry

Macon County HIFLD mix around Ethel Volunteer Fire Department

Macon County: 9 departments, 125 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Renfroe Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel

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