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Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station

Strong City, KS · Chase County. Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station is a fire department, 6 stations and 90 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

90
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

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

Top 5%
national personnel size
+309%
vs. Kansas average
6
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
21/100
Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station

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 D
15 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
90 personnel · 6 stations

Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station is a fire department serving Strong City, KS (Chase County), with 6 stations and 90 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,147 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,147 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #16 of 431
  • 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • 2 other listed departments in Chase County

Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station vs. the national personnel distribution

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

90 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 CS407 · Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station, KS 90 personnel · 6 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 90
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-TOP #1,147
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bryan
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Bryan 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
Strong City, KS
FDID
CS407

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #16 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,147 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 309% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster weight

Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station carries 85.7% of Chase County HIFLD personnel

Among 3 listed departments (105 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.

6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 90 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Bryan Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Cottonwood Falls Fire Department
Cottonwood Falls · other
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Nationwide departments near 90 personnel

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

Bryan Fire Department, TX 90 Chicago Heights Fire Department, IL 90 Lone Tree Volunteer Fire Department, TX 90 Pleasantview Fire Protection District, IL 90

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station have?

Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station has 90 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 309% above the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,147 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #16 of 431 by personnel.

Does Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station operate?

Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station operates 6 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station?

Chase County Rural Fire Department - Strong City Station is a fire department serving Chase 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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