Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Northwest Fire Protection District

Climax Springs, MO · Camden County. Northwest Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 6 stations and 28 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.

28
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Northwest Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Missouri average.

48th pct.
national personnel size
+40%
vs. Missouri average
6
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
4/100
Northwest 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 F
4.7 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
28 personnel · 6 stations

Northwest Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Climax Springs, MO (Camden County), with 6 stations and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,677 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #11,677 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #261 of 659
  • 21.43 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 11 other listed departments in Camden County

Northwest Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

28 Top 52% higher than 48% 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 01508 · Northwest Fire Protection District, MO 28 personnel · 6 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 28
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #11,677
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Melrose Township
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Melrose 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
Climax Springs, MO
FDID
01508

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Northwest Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #261 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,677 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 40% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster fringe

Northwest Fire Protection District is 9.5% of Camden County roster mass

The county lists 16 departments totaling 296 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

21.43 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 28 roster).

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

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

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel

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