Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderPleasant Valley Fire Department
Pleasant Valley, MO · Clay County. Pleasant Valley Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 38 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.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pleasant Valley Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Missouri average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +90%
- 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.
Pleasant Valley Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Pleasant Valley, MO (Clay County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,836 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,836 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #137 of 659
- 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Clay County
Pleasant Valley Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 02402 · Pleasant Valley Fire Department, MO 38 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,836
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rupert Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rupert Volunteer Fire Department, VT (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Pleasant Valley (this dept) 38
- High Jackson Volunteer, SC 38
- Near Rupert Volunteer, VT 38
- Near Haworth, NJ 38
- Near New Ellenton, SC 38
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Pleasant Valley, MO
- County
- Clay County
- FDID
- 02402
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Pleasant Valley Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #137 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,836 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
Pleasant Valley Fire Department is 9.8% of Clay County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 387 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rupert Volunteer Fire Department, VT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.