Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderJoplin Fire Department
Joplin, MO · Jasper County. Joplin Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 70 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.
- 70
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Joplin Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +250%
- vs. Missouri average
- 5
- stations
- $237,844
- 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.
Joplin Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Joplin, MO (Jasper County), with 5 stations and 70 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,926 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $237,844.
- National personnel rank #1,926 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #29 of 659
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Jasper County
Joplin Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
70 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 04912 · Joplin Fire Department, MO 70 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 70
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,926
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Allegany Engine C…
- FEMA-LIGHT $238K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Allegany Engine Company Incorporated - Ambulance, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Joplin (this dept) 70
- High Elk Creek Fire Pr…, CO 70
- Near Allegany Engine C…, NY 70
- Near Preston Volunteer…, MD 70
- Near Shawnee Valley Vo…, PA 70
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Joplin, MO
- County
- Jasper County
- FDID
- 04912
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW2016FO03909 | $237,844 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Joplin Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #29 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,926 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Jasper County
County mix is mostly volunteer (10 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 70 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Allegany Engine Company Incorporated - Ambulance, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 70 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.