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Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services

Dodge City, KS · Ford County. Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a fire department, 8 stations and 80 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.

80
Total personnel
8
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kansas average.

Top 7%
national personnel size
+264%
vs. Kansas average
8
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
8/100
Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services

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
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
80 personnel · 8 stations

Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a fire department serving Dodge City, KS (Ford County), with 8 stations and 80 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,472 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,472 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #19 of 431
  • 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 4 other listed departments in Ford County

Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

80 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 FO403 · Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services, KS 80 personnel · 8 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 80
  • STA-MULTI 8 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,472
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lewiston
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lewiston Fire Department, ME (+ 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
Dodge City, KS
FDID
FO403

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #19 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,472 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 264% above the state average
Stations
8
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster weight

Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services carries 61.5% of Ford County HIFLD personnel

Among 6 listed departments (130 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.

10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 80 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Lewiston Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Bucklin City Fire Department
Bucklin · other
Dodge City Fire Department
Dodge City · other
All KS departments →

Nationwide departments near 80 personnel

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

Lewiston Fire Department, ME 80 Rosemont Fire Department, IL 80 Texarkana Fire Department, TX 80 Bainbridge Island Fire Department, WA 80

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services have?

Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services has 80 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 264% above the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,472 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #19 of 431 by personnel.

Does Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services provide EMS services?

Yes, Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services operate?

Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services operates 8 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services?

Ford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a fire department serving Ford 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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