Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderSouthern Iron County Fire Protection District - Des Arc Station
Des Arc, MO · Iron County. Southern Iron County Fire Protection District - Des Arc Station is a fire department, 2 stations and 40 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.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Southern Iron County Fire Protection District - Des Arc Station pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.
- Top 28%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- 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.
Southern Iron County Fire Protection District - Des Arc Station is a fire department serving Des Arc, MO (Iron County), with 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,335 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,335 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #122 of 659
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Iron County
Southern Iron County Fire Protection District - Des Arc Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 04703 · Southern Iron County Fire Protection District - Des Arc Station, MO 40 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,335
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Marine Corps Logi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Marine Corps Logistics Base Fire Department-Dod, GA (+ 0 personnel)
Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MO department.
- Southern Iron Cou… (this dept) 40
- High Hazel Green Fire…, AL 40
- Near Marine Corps Logi…, GA 40
- Near Puppy Creek Fire…, NC 40
- Near Putnam Township, MI 40
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Des Arc, MO
- County
- Iron County
- FDID
- 04703
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Southern Iron County Fire Protection District - Des Arc Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #122 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,335 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 weight
Southern Iron County Fire Protection District - Des Arc Station carries 27.2% of Iron County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (147 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Marine Corps Logistics Base Fire Department-Dod, GA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.