Department profile
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Buffalo, KS · Wilson County. Buffalo Fire Department is a fire department, 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Buffalo Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Kansas average.
- 33rd pct.
- national personnel size
- +5%
- 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.
Buffalo Fire Department is a fire department serving Buffalo, KS (Wilson County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,950 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,950 of 22,440
- KS personnel rank #140 of 431
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Wilson County
Buffalo Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 67% higher than 33% 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 WL304 · Buffalo Fire Department, KS 23 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #14,950
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alma Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alma 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.
- Buffalo (this dept) 23
- High Avon Fire Protect…, IL 23
- Near Alma Volunteer, TX 23
- Near Arrowsmith, IL 23
- Near Atlanta Fire Prot…, IL 23
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Buffalo, KS
- County
- Wilson County
- FDID
- WL304
Staffing vs the Kansas average
How Buffalo Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #140 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,950 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 45
- KS departments
- 773
County roster geometry
Wilson County HIFLD mix around Buffalo Fire Department
Wilson County: 6 departments, 166 personnel (0 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 17% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alma Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KS department.