Department profile
VolunteerJefferson R-7 Fire Protection District
Festus, MO · Jefferson County. Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Missouri average.
- Top 46%
- national personnel size
- +50%
- vs. Missouri average
- 1
- station
- $1,245,197
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Festus, MO (Jefferson County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,288 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,245,197.
- National personnel rank #10,288 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #224 of 659
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 22 other listed departments in Jefferson County
Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 46% higher than 54% 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 05016 · Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District, MO 30 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #10,288
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Effie Volunteer
- FEMA-MID $1.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Effie Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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.
- Jefferson R-7 Fir… (this dept) 30
- High Avalon Volunteer, NJ 30
- Near Effie Volunteer, LA 30
- Near Ocean View Volunt…, NJ 30
- Near Copperopolis Fire…, CA 30
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Festus, MO
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 05016
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-00470 | $625,179.27 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO04737 | $274,461 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-05906 | $161,063 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO04892 | $184,494 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #224 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,288 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 fringe
Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District is 4.5% of Jefferson County roster mass
The county lists 28 departments totaling 660 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Effie Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.