Department profile
VolunteerSouth Central Buchanan County Fire Protection District
Agency, MO · Buchanan County. South Central Buchanan County Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
South Central Buchanan County Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Missouri average.
- 16th pct.
- national personnel size
- -10%
- 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.
South Central Buchanan County Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Agency, MO (Buchanan County), with 2 stations and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,860 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,860 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #512 of 659
- 11.11 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Buchanan County
South Central Buchanan County Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 84% higher than 16% 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 01104 · South Central Buchanan County Fire Protection District, MO 18 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #18,860
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bridgman City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bridgman City 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.
- South Central Buc… (this dept) 18
- High Egan Volunteer, LA 18
- Near Bridgman City, MI 18
- Near Weesaw Township, MI 18
- Near Sweetwater Volunt…, NJ 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Agency, MO
- County
- Buchanan County
- FDID
- 01104
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How South Central Buchanan County Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #512 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,860 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
South Central Buchanan County Fire Protection District is 9.0% of Buchanan County roster mass
The county lists 10 departments totaling 201 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 40% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
11.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bridgman City Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.