Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Raytown Fire Protection District

Raytown, MO · Jackson County. Raytown Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 32 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.

32
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Raytown Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Missouri average.

Top 41%
national personnel size
+60%
vs. Missouri average
2
stations
$219,228
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
26/100
Raytown 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 D
16 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment D
$6,851 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
32 personnel · 2 stations

Raytown Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Raytown, MO (Jackson County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,288 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $219,228.

  • National personnel rank #9,288 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #199 of 659
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Jackson County

Raytown Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 04802 · Raytown Fire Protection District, MO 32 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 32
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #9,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Scranton Volunteer
  • FEMA-LIGHT $219K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Scranton Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Raytown, MO
FDID
04802

FEMA Grant History

$219K
Cumulative funding (FY2013)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2013 EMW2012FH00981 $219,228

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Raytown Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #199 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,288 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 60% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster fringe

Raytown Fire Protection District is 1.9% of Jackson County roster mass

The county lists 19 departments totaling 1,718 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Scranton Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 32 personnel

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