Department profile
Career (Paid)Riverside Department of Public Safety
Riverside, MO · Platte County. Riverside Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Riverside Department of Public Safety pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Missouri average.
- 45th pct.
- national personnel size
- +35%
- 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.
Riverside Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department serving Riverside, MO (Platte County), with 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,269 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,269 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #273 of 659
- 3.70 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Platte County
Riverside Department of Public Safety vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 55% higher than 45% 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 08302 · Riverside Department of Public Safety, MO 27 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #12,269
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of River Rou…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of River Rouge Fire Department, MI (+ 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.
- Riverside Departm… (this dept) 27
- High Mitchell Fire and…, SD 27
- Near City of River Rou…, MI 27
- Near Grosse Pointe Sho…, MI 27
- Near Salem Volunteer F…, CT 27
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Riverside, MO
- County
- Platte County
- FDID
- 08302
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Riverside Department of Public Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #273 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,269 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Platte County
County mix is mostly volunteer (5 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
3.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of River Rouge Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.