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Derby Fire and Rescue Department

Derby, KS · Sedgwick County. Derby Fire and Rescue Department is a fire department, 2 stations and 41 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.

41
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Derby Fire and Rescue Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Kansas average.

Top 25%
national personnel size
+86%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
40/100
Derby Fire and Rescue 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 C
20.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
41 personnel · 2 stations

Derby Fire and Rescue Department is a fire department serving Derby, KS (Sedgwick County), with 2 stations and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,683 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #5,683 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #52 of 431
  • 4.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Sedgwick County

Derby Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

41 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 SG202 · Derby Fire and Rescue Department, KS 41 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 41
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #5,683
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Blue Ridge Paper…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Blue Ridge Paper Products Emergency Response, NC (+ 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
Derby, KS
FDID
SG202

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Derby Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #52 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,683 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 86% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster fringe

Derby Fire and Rescue Department is 5.5% of Sedgwick County roster mass

The county lists 13 departments totaling 746 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 38% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 41 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Blue Ridge Paper Products Emergency Response, NC (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide departments near 41 personnel

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

Blue Ridge Paper Products Emergency Response, NC 41 Buxton Fire Department, ME 41 Byron Fire Department and Ambulance, IL 41 Columbus Volunteer Fire Department, TX 41

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Derby Fire and Rescue Department have?

Derby Fire and Rescue Department has 41 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 86% above the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #5,683 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #52 of 431 by personnel.

Does Derby Fire and Rescue Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Derby Fire and Rescue Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Derby Fire and Rescue Department operate?

Derby Fire and Rescue Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Derby Fire and Rescue Department?

Derby Fire and Rescue Department is a fire department serving Sedgwick County, KS.

How many fire departments are in Kansas?

Kansas has 773 fire departments with 16,728 total personnel. 0% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.