Department profile
VolunteerWest Nodaway Fire Protection District
Burlington Junction, MO · Nodaway County. West Nodaway Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
West Nodaway Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Missouri average.
- 47th pct.
- national personnel size
- +40%
- 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.
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.
West Nodaway Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Burlington Junction, MO (Nodaway County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,872 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,872 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #264 of 659
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Nodaway County
West Nodaway Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 07403 · West Nodaway Fire Protection District, MO 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #11,872
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mussey Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Mussey Township 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.
- West Nodaway Fire… (this dept) 28
- High Town of Columbus, NC 28
- Near Mussey Township, MI 28
- Near Grant Township Fi…, MI 28
- Near Chesaning Brady, MI 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Burlington Junction, MO
- County
- Nodaway County
- FDID
- 07403
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How West Nodaway Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #264 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,872 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster geometry
Nodaway County HIFLD mix around West Nodaway Fire Protection District
Nodaway County: 13 departments, 178 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 15% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Mussey Township Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.