Department profile

Volunteer

Union Fire Protection District

Union, MO · Franklin County. Union Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 81 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

81
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Union Fire Protection District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.

Top 6%
national personnel size
+305%
vs. Missouri average
3
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
59/100
Union Fire Protection District

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 C
27 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
81 personnel · 3 stations

Union Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Union, MO (Franklin County), with 3 stations and 81 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,442 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,442 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #19 of 659
  • 3.70 stations per 100 personnel
  • 11 other listed departments in Franklin County

Union Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

81 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 03603 · Union Fire Protection District, MO 81 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 81
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-TOP #1,442
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ashwaubenon Depar…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ashwaubenon Department of Public Safety, WI (+ 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
Union, MO
FDID
03603

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Union Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #19 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,442 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 305% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster geometry

Franklin County HIFLD mix around Union Fire Protection District

Franklin County: 16 departments, 571 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 81 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Ashwaubenon Department of Public Safety, WI (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 81 personnel

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