Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMount Vernon Rural Fire Protection Association Incorporated
Mount Vernon, MO · Lawrence County. Mount Vernon Rural Fire Protection Association Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mount Vernon Rural Fire Protection Association Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Missouri average.
- 39th pct.
- national personnel size
- +25%
- vs. Missouri average
- 1
- station
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.
Mount Vernon Rural Fire Protection Association Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Mount Vernon, MO (Lawrence County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,719 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,719 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #314 of 659
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Lawrence County
Mount Vernon Rural Fire Protection Association Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 61% higher than 39% 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 05513 · Mount Vernon Rural Fire Protection Association Incorporated, MO 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,719
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Troy
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Troy Fire Department, 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.
- Mount Vernon Rura… (this dept) 25
- High Jerome Township, MI 25
- Near Troy, AL 25
- Near Coleman Community, MI 25
- Near Wedowee Volunteer, AL 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mount Vernon, MO
- County
- Lawrence County
- FDID
- 05513
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Mount Vernon Rural Fire Protection Association Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #314 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,719 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster geometry
Lawrence County HIFLD mix around Mount Vernon Rural Fire Protection Association Incorporated
Lawrence County: 16 departments, 228 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 94% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Troy Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.