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Andover Fire and Rescue

Andover, KS · Butler County. Andover Fire and Rescue is a fire department, 2 stations and 24 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

24
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Andover Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Kansas average.

37th pct.
national personnel size
+9%
vs. Kansas average
2
stations

National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
10/100
Andover Fire and Rescue

A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.

Staffing capacity F
12 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
24 personnel · 2 stations

Andover Fire and Rescue is a fire department serving Andover, KS (Butler County), with 2 stations and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,207 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #14,207 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #124 of 431
  • 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Butler County

Andover Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

24 Top 63% higher than 37% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet BU411 · Andover Fire and Rescue, KS 24 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 24
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #14,207
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 134th Ces/Cef Ten…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every KS department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Andover, KS
FDID
BU411

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Andover Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #124 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,207 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 9% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster fringe

Andover Fire and Rescue is 8.5% of Butler County roster mass

The county lists 15 departments totaling 281 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 13% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 24 roster).

Photo-finish peer: 134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Augusta Department of Safety
Augusta · other
El Dorado Fire Department
El Dorado · other
Towanda Fire and Rescue
Towanda · other
All KS departments →

Nationwide departments near 24 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KS department.

134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN 24 Annawan-Alba Fire Protection District, IL 24 Aransas Pass Fire Department, TX 24 Ashland Volunteer Fire Department, IL 24

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Andover Fire and Rescue have?

Andover Fire and Rescue has 24 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 9% above the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #14,207 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #124 of 431 by personnel.

Does Andover Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Andover Fire and Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Andover Fire and Rescue operate?

Andover Fire and Rescue operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Andover Fire and Rescue?

Andover Fire and Rescue is a fire department serving Butler County, KS.

How many fire departments are in Kansas?

Kansas has 773 fire departments with 16,728 total personnel. 0% are volunteer departments.

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