Department profile
VolunteerShelby Community Fire Department
Shelbyville, MO · Shelby County. Shelby Community Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Shelby Community Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Missouri average.
- 21st pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- 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.
Shelby Community Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Shelbyville, MO (Shelby County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,650 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,650 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #447 of 659
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 2 other listed departments in Shelby County
Shelby Community Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 79% higher than 21% 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 10302 · Shelby Community Fire Department, MO 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #17,650
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Folly Beach Publi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Folly Beach Public Service, SC (+ 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.
- Shelby Community (this dept) 20
- High Shaver Lake Volun…, CA 20
- Near Folly Beach Publi…, SC 20
- Near East Whitehouse, NJ 20
- Near Central Community…, TN 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Shelbyville, MO
- County
- Shelby County
- FDID
- 10302
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Shelby Community Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #447 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,650 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
Shelby Community Fire Department carries 34.5% of Shelby County HIFLD personnel
Among 3 listed departments (58 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Folly Beach Public Service, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.