Department profile
VolunteerHume Fire Department
Hume, MO · Bates County. Hume Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Hume Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Missouri average.
- 17th pct.
- national personnel size
- -10%
- 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.
Hume Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hume, MO (Bates County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,565 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,565 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #498 of 659
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Bates County
Hume Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 83% higher than 17% 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 00709 · Hume Fire Department, MO 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #18,565
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Centreville Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Centreville 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.
- Hume (this dept) 18
- High Baker Hill Volunt…, AL 18
- Near Centreville Volun…, AL 18
- Near Castleto-Maple Gr…, MI 18
- Near Central Coventry…, RI 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hume, MO
- County
- Bates County
- FDID
- 00709
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Hume Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #498 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,565 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
Bates County HIFLD mix around Hume Fire Department
Bates County: 9 departments, 87 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 56% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Centreville Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.