Department profile
VolunteerHowell County Rural Fire District
West Plains, MO · Howell County. Howell County Rural Fire District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 31 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Howell County Rural Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Missouri average.
- Top 43%
- national personnel size
- +55%
- 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.
Howell County Rural Fire District is a Volunteer department serving West Plains, MO (Howell County), with 2 stations and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,597 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,597 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #209 of 659
- 6.45 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Howell County
Howell County Rural Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 04606 · Howell County Rural Fire District, MO 31 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,597
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clinton
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Clinton Fire Department, MI (+ 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.
- Howell County Rur… (this dept) 31
- High Caddo-Midway Fire…, AL 31
- Near Clinton, MI 31
- Near Vienna Volunteer, GA 31
- Near Anderson County F…, SC 31
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Plains, MO
- County
- Howell County
- FDID
- 04606
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Howell County Rural Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #209 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,597 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
Howell County HIFLD mix around Howell County Rural Fire District
Howell County: 17 departments, 270 personnel (12 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 29% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Clinton Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.