Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGoose Creek Lake Fire Department
French Village, MO · St Francois County. Goose Creek Lake Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 24 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.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Goose Creek Lake Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Missouri average.
- 36th pct.
- national personnel size
- +20%
- 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.
Goose Creek Lake Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving French Village, MO (St Francois County), with 2 stations and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,450 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,450 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #328 of 659
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in St Francois County
Goose Creek Lake Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 64% higher than 36% 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 09407 · Goose Creek Lake Fire Department, MO 24 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,450
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lake Mills
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lake Mills Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Goose Creek Lake (this dept) 24
- High Oatman, AZ 24
- Near Lake Mills, IA 24
- Near Deep Gap Volunteer, NC 24
- Near Twin Lakes Volunt…, GA 24
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- French Village, MO
- County
- St Francois County
- FDID
- 09407
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Goose Creek Lake Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #328 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,450 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 fringe
Goose Creek Lake Fire Department is 7.1% of St Francois County roster mass
The county lists 17 departments totaling 337 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 41% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lake Mills Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.