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Redings Mill Fire Protection District

Joplin, MO · Newton County. Redings Mill Fire Protection District is a fire department, 6 stations and 36 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.

36
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

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

Top 33%
national personnel size
+80%
vs. Missouri average
6
stations
$1,033,591
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
38/100
Redings Mill 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
6 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 B
$28,711 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
36 personnel · 6 stations

Redings Mill Fire Protection District is a fire department serving Joplin, MO (Newton County), with 6 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,450 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,033,591.

  • National personnel rank #7,450 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #154 of 659
  • 16.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Newton County

Redings Mill Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 07307 · Redings Mill Fire Protection District, MO 36 personnel · 6 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-MULTI · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 36
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,450
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saint Clair Area
  • FEMA-MID $1.0M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Saint Clair Area Fire Department, MI (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MO department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Joplin, MO
FDID
07307

FEMA Grant History

$1.0M
Cumulative funding (FY2006–2015)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2015 EMW2014FO03325 $201,143
2015 EMW2014FF00358 $91,855
2006 EMW-2006-FG-0727 $740,593

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

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Redings Mill Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #154 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,450 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 80% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster geometry

Newton County HIFLD mix around Redings Mill Fire Protection District

Newton County: 14 departments, 245 personnel (5 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 64% of departments. County / state rollup.

16.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 36 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Saint Clair Area Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).

Nationwide departments near 36 personnel

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