Department profile

Volunteer

North Cape Girardeau County Fire District

Oak Ridge, MO · Cape Girardeau County. North Cape Girardeau County Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

19
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

North Cape Girardeau County Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Missouri average.

19th pct.
national personnel size
-5%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
35/100
North Cape Girardeau County Fire 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 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
19 personnel · 1 station

North Cape Girardeau County Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Oak Ridge, MO (Cape Girardeau County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,120 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,120 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #469 of 659
  • 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
  • 10 other listed departments in Cape Girardeau County

North Cape Girardeau County Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

19 Top 81% higher than 19% 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 01605 · North Cape Girardeau County Fire District, MO 19 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 19
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #18,120
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Soo Township
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Soo Township Fire Department, MI (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Oak Ridge, MO
FDID
01605

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How North Cape Girardeau County Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #469 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,120 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 5% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster fringe

North Cape Girardeau County Fire District is 6.9% of Cape Girardeau County roster mass

The county lists 13 departments totaling 274 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 31% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Soo Township Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Cape Girardeau Fire Department
Cape Girardeau · career
East County Fire Protection District
Cape Girardeau · volunteer
Gordonville Fire Department
Cape Girardeau · other
Jackson Fire and Rescue
Jackson · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel

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