Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLotawana Fire Protection District
Lake Lotawana, MO · Jackson County. Lotawana Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 39 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.
- 39
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lotawana Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Missouri average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- +95%
- vs. Missouri average
- 2
- 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.
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.
Lotawana Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Lake Lotawana, MO (Jackson County), with 2 stations and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,541 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,541 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #130 of 659
- 5.13 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Jackson County
Lotawana Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
39 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 04811 · Lotawana Fire Protection District, MO 39 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 39
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,541
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albertville Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Albertville Fire and Rescue, 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.
- Lotawana Fire Pro… (this dept) 39
- High Knapp Creek Volun…, NY 39
- Near Albertville Fire…, AL 39
- Near Acushnet Fire and…, MA 39
- Near Saint John Fire D…, NC 39
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lake Lotawana, MO
- County
- Jackson County
- Ambulances
- 1
- FDID
- 04811
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Lotawana Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #130 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,541 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster fringe
Lotawana Fire Protection District is 2.3% of Jackson County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 1,718 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 39 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Albertville Fire and Rescue, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 39 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.