Department profile
VolunteerOsage Fire Protection District
Jefferson City, MO · Cole County. Osage Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 59 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 59
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Osage Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +195%
- vs. Missouri average
- 3
- 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.
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.
Osage Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Jefferson City, MO (Cole County), with 3 stations and 59 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,787 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,787 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #46 of 659
- 5.08 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Cole County
Osage Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
59 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 02606 · Osage Fire Protection District, MO 59 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 59
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #2,787
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West of New Bern…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West of New Bern Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 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.
- Osage Fire Protec… (this dept) 59
- High Town of Mansfield, CT 59
- Near West of New Bern…, NC 59
- Near Flint Township, MI 59
- Near Troutville Volunt…, VA 59
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Jefferson City, MO
- County
- Cole County
- FDID
- 02606
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Osage Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #46 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,787 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster weight
Osage Fire Protection District carries 29.4% of Cole County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (201 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 44% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 59 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West of New Bern Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 59 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.