Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Mountain Grove Volunteer Fire Department - South Station

Mountain Grove, MO · Wright County. Mountain Grove Volunteer Fire Department - South Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations 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
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Mountain Grove Volunteer Fire Department - South Station pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Missouri average.

39th pct.
national personnel size
+25%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
12/100
Mountain Grove Volunteer Fire Department - South Station

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
12.5 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
25 personnel · 2 stations

Mountain Grove Volunteer Fire Department - South Station is a Volunteer department serving Mountain Grove, MO (Wright County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,722 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #13,722 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #315 of 659
  • 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Wright County

Mountain Grove Volunteer Fire Department - South Station 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 11501 · Mountain Grove Volunteer Fire Department - South Station, MO 25 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #13,722
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Draytonville-McKo…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Draytonville-McKowns Mountain-Wilkinsville Volunteer Fire Department, SC (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Mountain Grove, MO
FDID
11501

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Mountain Grove Volunteer Fire Department - South Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #315 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,722 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 25% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster geometry

Wright County HIFLD mix around Mountain Grove Volunteer Fire Department - South Station

Wright County: 7 departments, 155 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 57% of departments. County / state rollup.

8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Draytonville-McKowns Mountain-Wilkinsville Volunteer Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

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