How to join the Missouri Association of Fire Protection Districts

Please copy the selected application form and mail along with your check to:

MAFPD - Membership
5304 E. Tayside Circle
Columbia, MO 65203

or email:
mafpd2008@yahoo.com
for a membership application.

Thank you for your interest.

To:               All Missouri Fire Protection Districts  
From:           Board of Governors, Missouri Association of Fire Protection Districts  
Subject:        2010 MAFPD Membership  

The Missouri Association of Fire Protection Districts would like to invite your Fire District to join and or continue your membership with the MAFPD.     

In 1990, the Missouri Association of Fire Protection Districts (MAFPD) was born of necessity to meet the unique needs of fire protection districts in the State of Missouri. From the beginning, the MAFPD was to be different. It would target the challenges faced by fire district board members, fire chiefs, managers and attorneys.  Employing various methods, today’s MAFPD continues to enhance problem solving for member districts by networking them with other member districts with experience in the stated problem area.  Through the association’s regional and statewide conferences, up to date information is shared on issues including municipal annexation and its effect on fire districts, alternative funding for fire districts, updates on state and federal regulations, code enforcement, training for newly elected board members, to name a few.  Additionally, the MAFPD has engaged the services of a respected law firm that provides general legal guidance to member districts and their attorneys and presents the annual fire protection district attorney workshop.  Of course, the most significant service provided by the association is legislative action.  Missouri’s statutes and regulations serve as the framework under which we all operate.  The slightest and unforeseen change in our statutes and regulations can have a profound impact on fire districts.  Our legislative oversight is intensely focused on what is good and what is bad for fire protection districts.  

While we are all looking for ways to shave budgets, an investment in the MAFPD may well serve as the most important investment you can make in protecting the future of your fire protection district. For the MAFPD to continue to provide the quality of services we have all grown to expect, we need your involvement.