Department profile

Volunteer

Protem Fire Protection District

Protem, MO · Taney County. Protem Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

25
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

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

38th pct.
national personnel size
+25%
vs. Missouri average
2
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
12/100
Protem 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
12.5 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
25 personnel · 2 stations

Protem Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Protem, MO (Taney County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,855 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #13,855 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #317 of 659
  • 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 9 other listed departments in Taney County

Protem Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 10708 · Protem Fire Protection District, MO 25 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #13,855
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Loudoun County De…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Loudoun County Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Management, VA (+ 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
Protem, MO
FDID
10708

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Protem Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #317 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,855 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 25% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster fringe

Protem Fire Protection District is 8.7% of Taney County roster mass

The county lists 13 departments totaling 287 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 54% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Loudoun County Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Management, VA (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

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