Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRichmond Fire Department
Richmond, MO · Ray County. Richmond Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Richmond Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Missouri average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- +25%
- 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.
Richmond Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Richmond, MO (Ray County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,889 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,889 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #318 of 659
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Ray County
Richmond Fire Department 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 08904 · Richmond Fire Department, MO 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,889
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Janesville Fire R…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Janesville Fire Rescue, IA (+ 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.
- Richmond (this dept) 25
- High Broadview, NM 25
- Near Janesville Fire R…, IA 25
- Near Okolona, MS 25
- Near Spearfish Canyon…, SD 25
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Richmond, MO
- County
- Ray County
- FDID
- 08904
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Richmond Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #318 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,889 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 geometry
Ray County HIFLD mix around Richmond Fire Department
Ray County: 6 departments, 200 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Janesville Fire Rescue, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.