Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Metro West Fire Protection District

Wildwood, MO · St Louis County. Metro West Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 166 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.

166
Total personnel
5
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Metro West Fire Protection District pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+730%
vs. Missouri average
5
stations
$179,668
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
52/100
Metro West 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 B
33.2 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness D
1 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
166 personnel · 5 stations

Metro West Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Wildwood, MO (St Louis County), with 5 stations and 166 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #334 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $179,668.

  • National personnel rank #334 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #4 of 659
  • 3.01 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 52 other listed departments in St Louis County

Metro West Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

166 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 09507 · Metro West Fire Protection District, MO 166 personnel · 5 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 166
  • STA-FEW 5 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #334
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wellsville
  • FEMA-LIGHT $180K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Wellsville Fire Department, 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Wildwood, MO
Ambulances
5
FDID
09507

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2004)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2004 EMW-2004-FG-1084 $179,668

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

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Metro West Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #4 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #334 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 730% above the state average
Stations
5
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster fringe

Metro West Fire Protection District is 9.2% 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.

3.01 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 166 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Wellsville Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

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Brentwood Fire Department
Brentwood · other
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Nationwide career peers near 166 personnel

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

Wellsville Fire Department, NY 166 Athens Volunteer Fire Department, NY 166 Hazleton Heights Volunteer Fire Company, PA 166 Rural/Metro Fire Department - Knox County, TN 166 Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Department of Public Safety, TX 165 Lynchburg Fire Department, VA 165 Concord Fire and Life Safety, NC 164 Bernalillo County Fire and Rescue, NM 168

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Metro West Fire Protection District have?

Metro West Fire Protection District has 166 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 730% above the Missouri average of 20 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #334 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MO, it ranks #4 of 659 by personnel.

Does Metro West Fire Protection District provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Metro West Fire Protection District operate?

Metro West Fire Protection District operates 5 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Metro West Fire Protection District?

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

Has Metro West Fire Protection District received federal grants?

Yes, Metro West Fire Protection District has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $179,668 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2004 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2004.

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.