Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWest Overland Emergency Medical Services and Fire Protection District
Saint Louis, MO · St Louis County. West Overland Emergency Medical Services and Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Overland Emergency Medical Services and Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Missouri average.
- 26th pct.
- national personnel size
- +5%
- 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 Overland Emergency Medical Services and Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Saint Louis, MO (St Louis County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,596 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,596 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #403 of 659
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 52 other listed departments in St Louis County
West Overland Emergency Medical Services and Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 74% higher than 26% 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 09526 · West Overland Emergency Medical Services and Fire Protection District, MO 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,596
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Shawneehaw Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Shawneehaw Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 Overland Eme… (this dept) 21
- High Cloquet, MN 21
- Near Shawneehaw Volunt…, NC 21
- Near Shiloh Volunteer, GA 21
- Near Amherst Volunteer…, CO 21
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO
- County
- St Louis County
- Ambulances
- 2
- FDID
- 09526
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How West Overland Emergency Medical Services and Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #403 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,596 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 fringe
West Overland Emergency Medical Services and Fire Protection District is 1.2% of St Louis County roster mass
The county lists 67 departments totaling 1,805 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 66% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Shawneehaw Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.