Missouri Fire Loss and Fire Department Profile

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Fire departments currently registered with the National Fire Department Registry.

398
Fire departments reported NFIRS data in 2019.

NFIRS data (2019)

2.2
Deaths

6.0
Injuries

per 1,000 fires

in 2019, the national average was 2.6 deaths and 10.0 injuries per 1,000 fires.

5.9
Deaths

15.1
Injuries

per 1,000 fires

in 2019, the national average was 6.2 deaths and 25.6 injuries per 1,000 fires.

Incident type	% of deaths	National average	% of injuries	National average
Structures^*	92.3	76.0	90.7	84.9
Structures/Residential	89.7	72.2	83.2	76.4
Vehicles	7.7	20.7	6.5	7.7
Outside	0.0	1.9	1.9	4.5

^* Structures include residential and nonresidential buildings.

Emergency medical services (EMS)	66.0%
Good intent	12.3%
Service calls	8.2%
False alarms	5.9%
Fires	4.2%
Hazards	2.9%
Other	0.2%
Weather	0.1%
Explosions	0.1%

Percentage of fire departments registered with the registry by department type.

	Volunteer	Mostly volunteer	Mostly career	Career
Missouri	%	%	%	%
National average	%	%	%	%

Percentage of fire departments registered with the registry that provided specialized services.

%	Advanced Life Support
%	Airport/Aviation
%	Basic Life Support
%	Departmental (in-house) training academy
%	Emergency medical services (EMS) ambulance transport
%	EMS nontransport response
%	Fireboat
%	Fire/Injury prevention/Public education
%	Fire inspection/Code enforcement
%	Fire investigation/Fire cause determination
%	Hazardous materials team
%	Juvenile firesetter intervention program
%	Technical/Specialized rescue
%	Vehicle extrication
%	Wildfire/Wildland Urban Interface