By Missouri Revised Statutes, a Fire Protection District Board of Directors has the following powers:

• Have perpetual existance (only the voters can consolidate or disolve the District)
• Have & use a corporate seal
• Sue & be sued
• Enter into contracts
• Borrow money & issue voter-approved bonds
• Acquire land, building buildings, purhcase equipment & supplies
• Refund unused taxes collected to pay off bonds
• Manage everything (delegating most tasks to the Chief & others)
• Hire agents, engineers, attorneys, firefighters, EMTs, & paramedics, including part-time & unpaid (volunteers)
• Eminent domain
• Accept gifts & return gifts, including surplus property
• Adopt bylaws & ordinances
• Pay costs of elections
• Necessary & incidental powers
• Provide employee & volunteer benefits
• Joint powers, e.g., mutual aid agreements; central dispatching; etc.
• Collect fees & receive reimbursements for hazmat responses
• Levy sales & property taxes