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Barber County Rural Fire Department

Medicine Lodge, KS · Barber County. Barber County Rural Fire Department is a fire department, 9 stations and 95 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

95
Total personnel
9
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Barber County Rural Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kansas average.

Top 5%
national personnel size
+332%
vs. Kansas average
9
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
9/100
Barber County Rural Fire Department

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
10.6 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
95 personnel · 9 stations

Barber County Rural Fire Department is a fire department serving Medicine Lodge, KS (Barber County), with 9 stations and 95 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,041 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,041 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #14 of 431
  • 9.47 stations per 100 personnel
  • 12 other listed departments in Barber County

Barber County Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

95 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 BA406 · Barber County Rural Fire Department, KS 95 personnel · 9 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MID 95
  • STA-MULTI 9 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-TOP #1,041
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lake Kiowa Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lake Kiowa Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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
Medicine Lodge, KS
FDID
BA406

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Barber County Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #14 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,041 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 332% above the state average
Stations
9
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster weight

Barber County Rural Fire Department carries 50.5% of Barber County HIFLD personnel

Among 13 listed departments (188 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.

9.47 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (9 stations / 95 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Lake Kiowa Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Aetna Volunteer Fire Department
Medicine Lodge · other
Deer Head Volunteer Fire Station
Medicine Lodge · other
Hazelton Fire Department
Hazelton · other
Isabel Fire Department
Isabel · other
Kiowa Fire Department
Kiowa · other
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Nationwide departments near 95 personnel

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

Lake Kiowa Volunteer Fire Department, TX 95 Northbrook Fire Department, IL 95 Smithland Volunteer Fire Department, TX 95 Abbottstown Fire Company, PA 95

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Barber County Rural Fire Department have?

Barber County Rural Fire Department has 95 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 332% above the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,041 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #14 of 431 by personnel.

Does Barber County Rural Fire Department provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Barber County Rural Fire Department in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Barber County Rural Fire Department operate?

Barber County Rural Fire Department operates 9 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Barber County Rural Fire Department?

Barber County Rural Fire Department is a fire department serving Barber 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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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.