Department profile
VolunteerPlato Rural Fire Protection Association
Plato, MO · Texas County. Plato Rural Fire Protection Association is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 13 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 13
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Plato Rural Fire Protection Association pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Missouri average.
- 6th pct.
- national personnel size
- -35%
- 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.
Plato Rural Fire Protection Association is a Volunteer department serving Plato, MO (Texas County), with 1 station and 13 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,189 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,189 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #602 of 659
- 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Texas County
Plato Rural Fire Protection Association vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
13 Top 94% higher than 6% 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 10811 · Plato Rural Fire Protection Association, MO 13 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 13
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #21,189
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Devils Pond Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Devils Pond Volunteer Fire Department, GA (+ 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.
- Plato Rural Fire… (this dept) 13
- High Bent Tree, GA 13
- Near Devils Pond Volun…, GA 13
- Near Corning Volunteer, AR 13
- Near Truesdale, IA 13
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Plato, MO
- County
- Texas County
- FDID
- 10811
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Plato Rural Fire Protection Association's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #602 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,189 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 fringe
Plato Rural Fire Protection Association is 7.3% of Texas County roster mass
The county lists 13 departments totaling 179 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 13 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Devils Pond Volunteer Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 13 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.