Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSouthwestern Adair County Rural Fire District
Kirksville, MO · Adair County. Southwestern Adair County Rural Fire District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 15 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.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Southwestern Adair County Rural Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Missouri average.
- 9th pct.
- national personnel size
- -25%
- 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.
Southwestern Adair County Rural Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Kirksville, MO (Adair County), with 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,503 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,503 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #572 of 659
- 13.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Adair County
Southwestern Adair County Rural Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 00104 · Southwestern Adair County Rural Fire District, MO 15 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,503
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Appling County Fi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Appling County Fire Department - County Line Station, GA (+ 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.
- Southwestern Adai… (this dept) 15
- High Malden Volunteer…, WA 15
- Near Appling County Fi…, GA 15
- Near Morris, AL 15
- Near Canyon City Volun…, OR 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Kirksville, MO
- County
- Adair County
- FDID
- 00104
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Southwestern Adair County Rural Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #572 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,503 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 geometry
Adair County HIFLD mix around Southwestern Adair County Rural Fire District
Adair County: 9 departments, 79 personnel (3 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
13.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Appling County Fire Department - County Line Station, GA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.