Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Mehlville Fire Protection District

Saint Louis, MO · St Louis County. Mehlville Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 137 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.

137
Total personnel
7
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Mehlville Fire Protection District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.

Top 2%
national personnel size
+585%
vs. Missouri average
7
stations
$349,208
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
25/100
Mehlville Fire Protection District

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 D
19.6 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness D
1.1 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment F
$2,549 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
137 personnel · 7 stations

Mehlville Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Saint Louis, MO (St Louis County), with 7 stations and 137 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #503 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $349,208.

  • National personnel rank #503 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #6 of 659
  • 5.11 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 52 other listed departments in St Louis County

Mehlville Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

137 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 09504 · Mehlville Fire Protection District, MO 137 personnel · 7 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 137
  • STA-MULTI 7 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #503
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pensacola
  • FEMA-LIGHT $349K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Pensacola Fire Department, FL (+ 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
Saint Louis, MO
Ambulances
8
FDID
09504

FEMA Grant History

$349K
Cumulative funding (FY2011)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2011 EMW-2011-FO-0228 $349,208

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Mehlville Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #6 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #503 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 585% above the state average
Stations
7
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster fringe

Mehlville Fire Protection District is 7.6% 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.

5.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 137 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Pensacola Fire Department, FL (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

131st Fighter Wing Fire Protection
Bridgeton · volunteer
Boeing Fire Services
Saint Louis · other
Brentwood Fire Department
Brentwood · other
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Nationwide career peers near 137 personnel

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

Pensacola Fire Department, FL 137 Tifton-Tift County Fire Department, GA 137 Decatur County Fire and Rescue - Central, GA 137 Evesham Fire and Rescue, NJ 137 Medford Fire Department, MA 137 East Hartford Fire Department, CT 136 City of Orange Fire Department, CA 136 North Naples Fire Control and Rescue District, FL 136

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Mehlville Fire Protection District have?

Mehlville Fire Protection District has 137 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 585% above the Missouri average of 20 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #503 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MO, it ranks #6 of 659 by personnel.

Does Mehlville Fire Protection District provide EMS services?

Yes, Mehlville Fire Protection District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Mehlville Fire Protection District operate?

Mehlville Fire Protection District operates 7 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Mehlville Fire Protection District?

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

Has Mehlville Fire Protection District received federal grants?

Yes, Mehlville Fire Protection District has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $349,208 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2011 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2011.

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.