Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Kirkwood Fire Department

Kirkwood, MO · St Louis County. Kirkwood Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 42 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.

42
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Kirkwood Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.

Top 25%
national personnel size
+110%
vs. Missouri average
3
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
18/100
Kirkwood Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity F
14 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
42 personnel · 3 stations

Kirkwood Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Kirkwood, MO (St Louis County), with 3 stations and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,524 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #5,524 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #106 of 659
  • 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 52 other listed departments in St Louis County

Kirkwood Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

42 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 09537 · Kirkwood Fire Department, MO 42 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 42
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #5,524
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Zionville Volunte…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Zionville Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Kirkwood, MO
FDID
09537

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Kirkwood Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #106 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,524 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 110% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster fringe

Kirkwood Fire Department is 2.3% of St Louis County roster mass

The county lists 67 departments totaling 1,805 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 66% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 42 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Zionville Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

131st Fighter Wing Fire Protection
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Boeing Fire Services
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Brentwood Fire Department
Brentwood · other
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Nationwide career peers near 42 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.

Zionville Volunteer Fire Department, NC 42 Fremont Volunteer Fire Department, NC 42 Saugus Fire Department, MA 42 Western Wake Fire and Rescue Incorporated, NC 42 Paris Fire Department / Paris-Bourbon County Emergency Medical Services, KY 42 Johnstown Fire Department, PA 42 Deland Fire Department, FL 42 Danville Fire Department - Central Station, KY 42

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Kirkwood Fire Department have?

Kirkwood Fire Department has 42 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 110% above the Missouri average of 20 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #5,524 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MO, it ranks #106 of 659 by personnel.

Does Kirkwood Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Kirkwood Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Kirkwood Fire Department operate?

Kirkwood Fire Department operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Kirkwood Fire Department?

Kirkwood Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving St Louis County, MO. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

How many fire departments are in Missouri?

Missouri has 1,128 fire departments with 22,864 total personnel. 52% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.