Department profile

Volunteer

Waverly Rural Fire Association

Waverly, MO · Lafayette County. Waverly Rural Fire Association is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

30
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Waverly Rural Fire Association pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Missouri average.

Top 48%
national personnel size
+50%
vs. Missouri average
1
station

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
67/100
Waverly 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 B
30 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
30 personnel · 1 station

Waverly Rural Fire Association is a Volunteer department serving Waverly, MO (Lafayette County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,838 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #10,838 of 22,440
  • MO personnel rank #246 of 659
  • 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • 11 other listed departments in Lafayette County

Waverly Rural Fire Association vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 48% higher than 52% 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 05410 · Waverly Rural Fire Association, MO 30 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 30
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #10,838
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gordo Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Gordo Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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
Waverly, MO
FDID
05410

Staffing vs the Missouri average

How Waverly Rural Fire Association's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #246 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,838 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 50% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
95
MO departments
1,128

County roster geometry

Lafayette County HIFLD mix around Waverly Rural Fire Association

Lafayette County: 13 departments, 264 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 62% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Gordo Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel

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