Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderR-4 Fire Protection District
Ewing, MO · Lewis County. R-4 Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 41 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.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
R-4 Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +105%
- 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.
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.
R-4 Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Ewing, MO (Lewis County), with 2 stations and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,769 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,769 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #109 of 659
- 4.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Lewis County
R-4 Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 05603 · R-4 Fire Protection District, MO 41 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,769
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nevada Division o…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Nevada Division of Forestry - Northern Area Region Office / Spring Creek Volunteer Fire Department, NV (+ 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.
- R-4 Fire Protecti… (this dept) 41
- High Weston Fire and R…, NE 41
- Near Nevada Division o…, NV 41
- Near Norton, MA 41
- Near Chubbuck, ID 41
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ewing, MO
- County
- Lewis County
- FDID
- 05603
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How R-4 Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #109 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,769 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster geometry
Lewis County HIFLD mix around R-4 Fire Protection District
Lewis County: 9 departments, 186 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 89% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Nevada Division of Forestry - Northern Area Region Office / Spring Creek Volunteer Fire Department, NV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.