Department profile
OtherForbes Field Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority Fire Department
Topeka, KS · Shawnee County. Forbes Field Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority Fire Department is a fire department, 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 19
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Forbes Field Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Kansas average.
- 20th pct.
- national personnel size
- -14%
- 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.
Forbes Field Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority Fire Department is a fire department serving Topeka, KS (Shawnee County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,973 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,973 of 22,440
- KS personnel rank #218 of 431
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Shawnee County
Forbes Field Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
19 Top 80% higher than 20% 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 SN412 · Forbes Field Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority Fire Department, KS 19 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 19
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #17,973
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albion Fire Depar…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Albion Fire Department Rural 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.
- Forbes Field Metr… (this dept) 19
- High Bishop Hill Commu…, IL 19
- Near Albion Fire Depar…, IL 19
- Near Alton Volunteer, TX 19
- Near Alvarado Volunteer, TX 19
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Topeka, KS
- County
- Shawnee County
- FDID
- SN412
Staffing vs the Kansas average
How Forbes Field Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #218 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,973 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 45
- KS departments
- 773
County roster fringe
Forbes Field Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority Fire Department is 8.1% of Shawnee County roster mass
The county lists 11 departments totaling 236 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Albion Fire Department Rural Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 19 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KS department.