Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderArkansas City Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Arkansas City, KS · Cowley County. Arkansas City Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a fire department, 1 station and 53 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.
- 53
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Arkansas City Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kansas average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +141%
- vs. Kansas average
- 1
- station
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.
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.
Arkansas City Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a fire department serving Arkansas City, KS (Cowley County), with 1 station and 53 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,409 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,409 of 22,440
- KS personnel rank #38 of 431
- 1.89 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 1 other listed department in Cowley County
Arkansas City Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
53 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 CL201 · Arkansas City Fire and Emergency Medical Services, KS 53 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 53
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Abbott North Chic…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Abbott North Chicago Fire Department, IL (+ 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.
- Arkansas City Fir… (this dept) 53
- High Crosby Volunteer, TX 53
- Near Abbott North Chic…, IL 53
- Near Acton Volunteer, ME 53
- Near Cat Springs Volun…, TX 53
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Arkansas City, KS
- County
- Cowley County
- FDID
- CL201
Staffing vs the Kansas average
How Arkansas City Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #38 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,409 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 45
- KS departments
- 773
County roster weight
Arkansas City Fire and Emergency Medical Services carries 28.6% of Cowley County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (185 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.89 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 53 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Abbott North Chicago Fire Department, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide departments near 53 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KS department.