Department profile

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The Pierce City Rural Fire Association

Pierce City, MO · Lawrence County. The Pierce City Rural Fire Association is a Volunteer department and 12 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.

12
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

The Pierce City Rural Fire Association pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Missouri average.

4th pct.
national personnel size
-40%
vs. Missouri average
$235,600
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
64/100
The Pierce City Rural Fire Association

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.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment B
$19,633 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
12 personnel

The Pierce City Rural Fire Association is a Volunteer department serving Pierce City, MO (Lawrence County) and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,617 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $235,600.

  • National personnel rank #21,617 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #626 of 659
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 13 other listed departments in Lawrence County

The Pierce City Rural Fire Association vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

12 Top 96% higher than 4% 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 05514 · The Pierce City Rural Fire Association, MO 12 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 12
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #21,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Meyer Township Vo…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $236K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Meyer Township Volunteer 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Pierce City, MO
FDID
05514

FEMA Grant History

$236K
Cumulative funding (FY2012)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2012 EMW2011FV04694 $235,600

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How The Pierce City Rural Fire Association's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #626 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,617 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 40% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster fringe

The Pierce City Rural Fire Association is 5.3% of Lawrence County roster mass

The county lists 16 departments totaling 228 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Meyer Township Volunteer Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Aurora Fire Department
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Halltown Volunteer Fire Department
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Marionville City Fire and Rescue
Marionville · other
Marionville Rural Fire Department
Marionville · other
Miller Fire and Rescue
Miller · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.

Meyer Township Volunteer Fire Department, MI 12 Downey Volunteer Fire Department, ID 12 Dixie Volunteer Fire Department, AL 12 Mulberry Fire Department, FL 12 Almont Volunteer Fire Department, CO 12 Wolf Creek Volunteer Fire Department, AL 12 Rio Felix Volunteer Fire Department, NM 12 West Point Fire Protection District, CA 12

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does The Pierce City Rural Fire Association have?

The Pierce City Rural Fire Association has 12 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 40% below the Missouri average of 20 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #21,617 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MO, it ranks #626 of 659 by personnel.

Does The Pierce City Rural Fire Association provide EMS services?

Yes, The Pierce City Rural Fire Association provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does The Pierce City Rural Fire Association operate?

Station count data for The Pierce City Rural Fire Association is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is The Pierce City Rural Fire Association?

The Pierce City Rural Fire Association is a Volunteer department serving Lawrence County, MO. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has The Pierce City Rural Fire Association received federal grants?

Yes, The Pierce City Rural Fire Association has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $235,600 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2012 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2012.

How many fire departments are in Missouri?

Missouri has 1,128 fire departments with 22,864 total personnel. 52% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.