Department profile
VolunteerWestern Taney County Fire Protection District
Branson, MO · Taney County. Western Taney County Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 12 stations and 90 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 90
- Total personnel
- 12
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Western Taney County Fire Protection District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Missouri average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +350%
- vs. Missouri average
- 12
- 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.
Western Taney County Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Branson, MO (Taney County), with 12 stations and 90 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,187 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,187 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #15 of 659
- 13.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Taney County
Western Taney County Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
90 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 10701 · Western Taney County Fire Protection District, MO 90 personnel · 12 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 90
- STA-MULTI 12 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #1,187
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South River
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: South River Fire Department, NJ (+ 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.
- Western Taney Cou… (this dept) 90
- High Saginaw, MI 90
- Near South River, NJ 90
- Near Trevose Fire Comp…, PA 90
- Near Millbrook, NY 90
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Branson, MO
- County
- Taney County
- FDID
- 10701
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Western Taney County Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #15 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,187 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 12
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster weight
Western Taney County Fire Protection District carries 31.4% of Taney County HIFLD personnel
Among 13 listed departments (287 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 54% of the county count. County / state rollup.
13.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (12 stations / 90 roster).
Photo-finish peer: South River Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 90 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.