Department profile
VolunteerRover Volunteer Fire Department
Alton, MO · Oregon County. Rover Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Rover Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Missouri average.
- Top 47%
- national personnel size
- +50%
- 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.
Rover Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Alton, MO (Oregon County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,651 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,651 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #234 of 659
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Oregon County
Rover Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 47% higher than 53% 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 07507 · Rover Volunteer Fire Department, MO 30 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #10,651
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Centreville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Centreville Fire Department, MI (+ 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.
- Rover Volunteer (this dept) 30
- High Marysville, MI 30
- Near Centreville, MI 30
- Near Sterling Fire and…, CO 30
- Near North Hero Volunt…, VT 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Alton, MO
- County
- Oregon County
- FDID
- 07507
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Rover Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #234 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,651 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 weight
Rover Volunteer Fire Department carries 26.1% of Oregon County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (115 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 57% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Centreville Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.