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Center Township Rural Fire Department

Cedar Vale, KS · Chautauqua County. Center Township Rural Fire Department is a fire department, 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

10
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Center Township Rural Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Kansas average.

3rd pct.
national personnel size
-55%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
8/100
Center Township 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 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
10 personnel · 1 station

Center Township Rural Fire Department is a fire department serving Cedar Vale, KS (Chautauqua County), with 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,846 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #21,846 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #385 of 431
  • 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 1 other listed department in Chautauqua County

Center Township Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

10 Top 97% higher than 3% 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 CQ414 · Center Township Rural Fire Department, KS 10 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 10
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #21,846
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arbala Volunteer…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Arbala Volunteer Fire and Rescue 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
Cedar Vale, KS
FDID
CQ414

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Center Township Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #385 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,846 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 55% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster fringe

Center Township Rural Fire Department is 7.8% of Chautauqua County roster mass

The county lists 9 departments totaling 129 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 10 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Arbala Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, TX (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Sedan Fire Department
Sedan · other
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Nationwide departments near 10 personnel

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

Arbala Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, TX 10 Big Wells Volunteer Fire Department, TX 10 Blackstock-Woodward Volunteer Fire Department, SC 10 Bowie Rural Volunteer Fire Department, TX 10

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Center Township Rural Fire Department have?

Center Township Rural Fire Department has 10 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 55% below the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #21,846 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #385 of 431 by personnel.

Does Center Township Rural Fire Department provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Center Township Rural Fire Department in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Center Township Rural Fire Department operate?

Center Township Rural Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Center Township Rural Fire Department?

Center Township Rural Fire Department is a fire department serving Chautauqua 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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