Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSmithville Area Fire Protection District
Smithville, MO · Clay County. Smithville Area Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Smithville Area Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Missouri average.
- Top 42%
- national personnel size
- +60%
- vs. Missouri average
- 2
- stations
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.
Smithville Area Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Smithville, MO (Clay County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,329 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,329 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #200 of 659
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Clay County
Smithville Area Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 42% higher than 58% 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 02409 · Smithville Area Fire Protection District, MO 32 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,329
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Resort-Bearcreek
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Resort-Bearcreek 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.
- Smithville Area F… (this dept) 32
- High Harlowe Volunteer, NC 32
- Near Resort-Bearcreek, MI 32
- Near Williams Township…, NC 32
- Near Garden City, GA 32
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Smithville, MO
- County
- Clay County
- FDID
- 02409
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Smithville Area Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #200 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,329 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster fringe
Smithville Area Fire Protection District is 8.3% of Clay County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 387 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Resort-Bearcreek Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.