Station 5 “Prathersville”

Boone County Fire Protection District Station 5 located on Prathersville Road north of Columbia was established as the fire district’s 5th station in 1974. The owner of the then Cottonwood’s Airport donated the use of a hanger bay to the Boone County Fire District where the first fire truck would respond from “Station 5”. The truck was a 6-wheel drive airport crash truck.  The second piece of fire apparatus was a 1950’s model Ford Airport Crash Truck acquired from Saint Louis Lambert Airport. Station 5 volunteers would serve the area from this location until the new station was built at its current location.

In 1982 as a result of a rapidly growing population around the City of Columbia, a new 4 bay fire station was built and a Ford Towers Fire Engine was acquired that would serve as Engine 501 for many years. With the station’s close proximity to Hwy 63 and being centrally located in the fire district, station 5 does house some specialty response vehicles. A hazardous materials response truck and an Air Truck. As a result of the 1998 Bond Issue, Station 5 underwent renovations in 2000.

Station 5 is the fire districts busiest station which makes it a popular place for volunteers interested in the residency program. The station currently has 10 resident rooms with a call volume that exceeds some fully staffed paid fire departments. Many bonds between firefighters have been made throughout the fire district but more often than not when you hear people talking about a friendship the story starts with, “when we were residents at station 5”.

Because of its location station 5 has also hosted our EMS partners when needing a place to house their ambulance. The station currently houses Engine 501, a 2015 fire engine, Tanker 505, a 2000 model tanker, Truck 506, a 2016 F450 that responds to medical emergencies and grass fires, HazMat 514, a 2007 Hazardous response truck and AIR 5, a support apparatus used for air supply on the scenes of structure fires.

There were 1,011 responses by dedicated volunteers out of station 5 in 2020.

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Station 5 “Prathersville” Run Map

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