Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services

Missouri City, TX · Fort Bend County. Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 58 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.

58
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Texas average.

Top 13%
national personnel size
+71%
vs. Texas average
4
stations
$5,946,242
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
19/100
Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services

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
14.5 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
58 personnel · 4 stations

Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Missouri City, TX (Fort Bend County), with 4 stations and 58 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,843 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $5,946,242.

  • National personnel rank #2,843 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #124 of 1,231
  • 6.90 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 17 other listed departments in Fort Bend County

Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

58 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 GS407 · Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services, TX 58 personnel · 4 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 58
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #2,843
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hayes Crossing-Ha…
  • FEMA-HEAVY $5.9M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Hayes Crossing-Haldeman Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 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 TX department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Missouri City, TX
FDID
GS407

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2023)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FF-00895 $5,329,735.52
2023 EMW-2023-FG-01564 $616,506.18

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

Staffing vs the Texas average

How Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #124 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,843 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 71% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Fort Bend County

County mix is mostly volunteer (11 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

6.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 58 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Hayes Crossing-Haldeman Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Beasley Volunteer Fire Department
Beasley · volunteer
Fresno Volunteer Fire Department
Fresno · volunteer
Fulshear Simonton Fire Department
Fulshear · volunteer
Kendleton Volunteer Fire Department
Kendleton · volunteer
Needville Volunteer Fire Department
Needville · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 58 personnel

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

Hayes Crossing-Haldeman Volunteer Fire Department, KY 58 Highland Park Fire Department, IL 58 Mount Pulaski Fire Protection District, IL 58 North Clay Fire Protection District, IL 58 Richland Fire and Emergency Services, WA 58 Wyoming Fire Department, MI 58 Fort Carson Fire and Emergency Services, CO 58 Clarksville Fire Department, IN 58

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services have?

Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services has 58 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 71% above the Texas average of 34 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #2,843 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TX, it ranks #124 of 1,231 by personnel.

Does Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services provide EMS services?

Yes, Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services operate?

Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services operates 4 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services?

Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Fort Bend County, TX. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services received federal grants?

Yes, Missouri City Fire and Rescue Services has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $5,946,241.7 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

How many fire departments are in Texas?

Texas has 1,879 fire departments with 63,369 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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