Boone County Fire Protection District
The Boone County Fire Protection District (BCFPD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for a large portion of Boone County, Missouri. The BCFPD is the largest volunteer fire department and third largest fire service organization in the state, protecting 492 square miles (1,378 km²) of residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural property and over 50,000 people.
The Fire District operates with a volunteer staff of approximately 250 personnel who annually give over 117,000 hours of volunteer service to the organization, supported by a career staff of 16 people that provide training, maintenance, public safety education and administrative services to the District. The Fire District is governed by a voter elected five-member board (per state statutes) which oversees operations and appoints the fire chief. The fire chief designates such volunteers and career staff authorized by the Board as being essential to carry out the responsibilities of the Fire District.
The Boone County Fire District is an all hazards emergency response agency for the community and is dispatched by Public Safety Joint Communications, Boone County's 911 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) based in Columbia, Missouri. With an annual operating budget of $3.9 million, the Fire District is designated as a regional hazardous materials response team and has several members that participate as members in the Region F Incident Support Team, a regional incident management team. Additionally, The Fire District operates Missouri Task Force One, one of only 28 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces. This Team is composed of 210 disaster response specialists.
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