Department profile
OtherBendena Fire Department
Bendena, KS · Doniphan County. Bendena Fire Department is a fire department, 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 12
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Bendena Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Kansas average.
- 5th pct.
- national personnel size
- -45%
- 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.
Bendena Fire Department is a fire department serving Bendena, KS (Doniphan County), with 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,284 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,284 of 22,440
- KS personnel rank #351 of 431
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 1 other listed department in Doniphan County
Bendena Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
12 Top 95% higher than 5% 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 DP411 · Bendena Fire Department, KS 12 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 12
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #21,284
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 84 East Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 84 East 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.
- Bendena (this dept) 12
- High Blue Mound, TX 12
- Near 84 East Volunteer, TX 12
- Near Bardwell Area Vol…, TX 12
- Near Blessing Volunteer, TX 12
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Bendena, KS
- County
- Doniphan County
- FDID
- DP411
Staffing vs the Kansas average
How Bendena Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #351 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,284 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 45
- KS departments
- 773
County roster fringe
Bendena Fire Department is 8.1% of Doniphan County roster mass
The county lists 7 departments totaling 149 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 29% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 12 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 84 East Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide departments near 12 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KS department.