Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWest Platte Fire Protection District
Weston, MO · Platte County. West Platte Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Platte Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Missouri average.
- Top 34%
- national personnel size
- +80%
- 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 Platte Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Weston, MO (Platte County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,547 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,547 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #157 of 659
- 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Platte County
West Platte Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 08305 · West Platte Fire Protection District, MO 36 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,547
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oak Level Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Oak Level Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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 Platte Fire… (this dept) 36
- High Huron Township, MI 36
- Near Oak Level Volunte…, VA 36
- Near Moncks Corner City, SC 36
- Near Lincoln Park, MI 36
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Weston, MO
- County
- Platte County
- Ambulances
- 1
- FDID
- 08305
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How West Platte Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #157 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,547 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
Platte County HIFLD mix around West Platte Fire Protection District
Platte County: 9 departments, 228 personnel (5 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Oak Level Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.