Department profile
Career (Paid)Springfield Fire Department
Springfield, MO · Greene County. Springfield Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 11 stations and 217 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 217
- Total personnel
- 11
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Springfield Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +985%
- vs. Missouri average
- 11
- stations
- $3,752,271
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Springfield Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Springfield, MO (Greene County), with 11 stations and 217 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #193 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,752,271.
- National personnel rank #193 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #3 of 659
- 5.07 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Greene County
Springfield Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
217 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 03907 · Springfield Fire Department, MO 217 personnel · 11 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 217
- STA-MULTI 11 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #193
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Riverside
- FEMA-MID $3.8M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Riverside Fire Department, CA ( -1 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.
- High Holbrook, NY 219
- Near City of Miami Bea…, FL 219
- Springfield (this dept) 217
- Low City of Riverside, CA 216
- Near Smith County Fire…, TN 216
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Springfield, MO
- County
- Greene County
- FDID
- 03907
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW2016FH00303 | $608,704 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO01297 | $574,150 |
| 2012 | EMW2011FR00248 | $798,913 |
| 2012 | EMW2011FH00098 | $-36,140 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FH-0009 | $1,242,972 |
| 2011 | EMW2011FO02085 | $563,882 |
| 2010 | EMW2009FH00059 | $-210 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Springfield Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #3 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #193 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 11
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster weight
Springfield Fire Department carries 35.9% of Greene County HIFLD personnel
Among 22 listed departments (604 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 55% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.07 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (11 stations / 217 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Riverside Fire Department, CA (-1 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 217 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.