Huggins Volunteer Fire Department

What This Data Tells You About Huggins Volunteer Fire Department

Huggins Volunteer Fire Department operates as a Volunteer department in Huggins, within Texas County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports 14 total personnel, 2 stations, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as not provided.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. Missouri has 1,128 registered fire departments and 22,864 total personnel, averaging roughly 20 staff per department. Huggins Volunteer Fire Department runs 30% below that state average, signalling a leaner crew typical of smaller jurisdictions or heavily volunteer-staffed areas. The state records about 43,100 fires, 95 fire deaths, and 52% volunteer coverage each year, which shapes training, funding priorities, and mutual-aid patterns felt at every department in the state.

No FEMA AFG or SAFER grant awards are recorded against this department's FDID in USAspending data, which is common for smaller or volunteer-heavy organizations that lean on state and local funding instead.