Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderDE Soto Fire and Rescue Department
De Soto, KS · Johnson County. DE Soto Fire and Rescue Department is a fire department, 2 stations and 32 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
DE Soto Fire and Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Kansas average.
- Top 40%
- national personnel size
- +45%
- vs. Kansas average
- 2
- 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.
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.
DE Soto Fire and Rescue Department is a fire department serving De Soto, KS (Johnson County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,036 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,036 of 22,440
- KS personnel rank #63 of 431
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Johnson County
DE Soto Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 JO309 · DE Soto Fire and Rescue Department, KS 32 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,036
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Andalusia Fire Pr…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Andalusia Fire Protection District, IL (+ 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.
- DE Soto Fire and… (this dept) 32
- High Bensenville Fire…, IL 32
- Near Andalusia Fire Pr…, IL 32
- Near Athens Fancy Prai…, IL 32
- Near Belknap Volunteer, IL 32
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- De Soto, KS
- County
- Johnson County
- FDID
- JO309
Staffing vs the Kansas average
How DE Soto Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #63 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,036 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 45
- KS departments
- 773
County roster fringe
DE Soto Fire and Rescue Department is 3.5% of Johnson County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 925 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 38% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Andalusia Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KS department.