The Malden Fire Department is a combination Fire Department. Its full time staff includes the fire chief, assistant chief, one captain, and four engineers. The stations are staffed 24-hours-a-day by two personnel. The department also is assisted by 18 paid on-call firefighters, who are called upon to assist in fire responses. The Fire Department's response area is approximately 90 square miles in size. A large part of the jurisdiction includes rural community.   

Station One is located at 305 S. Beckwith Street. Housed there is one mid-ship 1,250 GPM pumper/rescue truck with extrication equipment, one utility truck with rescue equipment and portable cascade air system, and one front pumper/tanker with 750 GPM pump and 1000 gallon tank.

Station Three is located at 607 E. Laclede Street. It houses one walk-through 1250-GPM pumper truck with 1000-gallon tank and one 1,250-GPM 65-foot aerial truck.

Fire Chief Winford German	Tommy Hinson	Gary Beckham
Kurt Krepps	John Johnson	Charlie Cooper