Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWheatland Volunteer Fire Department - Wheatland
Wheatland, MO · Hickory County. Wheatland Volunteer Fire Department - Wheatland is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 15 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.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Wheatland Volunteer Fire Department - Wheatland pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Missouri average.
- 8th pct.
- national personnel size
- -25%
- vs. Missouri average
- 2
- 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.
Wheatland Volunteer Fire Department - Wheatland is a Volunteer department serving Wheatland, MO (Hickory County), with 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,582 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,582 of 22,440
- MO personnel rank #574 of 659
- 13.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Hickory County
Wheatland Volunteer Fire Department - Wheatland vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 92% higher than 8% 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 04303 · Wheatland Volunteer Fire Department - Wheatland, MO 15 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,582
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beauregard Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Beauregard 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.
- Wheatland Volunte… (this dept) 15
- High Trumbull Township…, OH 15
- Near Beauregard Volunt…, AL 15
- Near Sauble-Elk-Eden T…, MI 15
- Near Xna Fire and Resc…, AR 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Wheatland, MO
- County
- Hickory County
- FDID
- 04303
Staffing vs the Missouri average
How Wheatland Volunteer Fire Department - Wheatland's personnel count compares to the typical department in Missouri. In-state it ranks #574 of 659 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,582 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 95
- MO departments
- 1,128
County roster geometry
Hickory County HIFLD mix around Wheatland Volunteer Fire Department - Wheatland
Hickory County: 11 departments, 122 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 55% of departments. County / state rollup.
13.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Beauregard Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MO department.