Department profile
VolunteerWashington Fire Department
Washington, MO · Franklin County. Washington Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 73 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 73
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Washington Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.
- Top 8%
- national personnel size
- +265%
- 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.
Washington Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Washington, MO (Franklin County), with 4 stations and 73 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,782 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,782 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #27 of 659
- 5.48 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Franklin County
Washington Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
73 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 03605 · Washington Fire Department, MO 73 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 73
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #1,782
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bahama Fire and R…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bahama Fire and Rescue, NC (+ 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.
- Washington (this dept) 73
- High Pope Air Force Ba…, NC 73
- Near Bahama Fire and R…, NC 73
- Near Canterbury Volunt…, CT 73
- Near Somers Volunteer…, CT 73
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Washington, MO
- County
- Franklin County
- FDID
- 03605
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Washington Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #27 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,782 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster geometry
Franklin County HIFLD mix around Washington Fire Department
Franklin County: 16 departments, 571 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.48 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 73 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bahama Fire and Rescue, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 73 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.