Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSouthern Platte Fire Protection District
Kansas City, MO · Platte County. Southern Platte Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 56 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.
- 56
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Southern Platte Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.
- Top 14%
- national personnel size
- +180%
- vs. Missouri average
- 4
- 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 Platte Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Kansas City, MO (Platte County), with 4 stations and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,050 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,050 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #50 of 659
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Platte County
Southern Platte Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
56 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 08301 · Southern Platte Fire Protection District, MO 56 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 56
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,050
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Norwich
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Norwich Fire Department, CT (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Southern Platte F… (this dept) 56
- High Griswold Volunteer, CT 56
- Near Norwich, CT 56
- Near Green Hill Volunt…, NC 56
- Near Sauratown Volunte…, NC 56
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Kansas City, MO
- County
- Platte County
- FDID
- 08301
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Southern Platte Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #50 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,050 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Platte County
County mix is mostly volunteer (5 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 56 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Norwich Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 56 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.