Department profile
OtherGalena Fire Department
Galena, KS · Cherokee County. Galena Fire Department is a fire department, 2 stations and 24 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Galena Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Kansas average.
- 36th pct.
- national personnel size
- +9%
- 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.
Galena Fire Department is a fire department serving Galena, KS (Cherokee County), with 2 stations and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,426 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,426 of 22,440
- KS personnel rank #128 of 431
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Cherokee County
Galena Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 64% higher than 36% 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 CK203 · Galena Fire Department, KS 24 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #14,426
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 134th Ces/Cef Ten…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN (+ 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.
- Galena (this dept) 24
- High Ashland Volunteer, IL 24
- Near 134th Ces/Cef Ten…, TN 24
- Near Annawan-Alba Fire…, IL 24
- Near Aransas Pass, TX 24
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Galena, KS
- County
- Cherokee County
- FDID
- CK203
Staffing vs the Kansas average
How Galena Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #128 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,426 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 45
- KS departments
- 773
County roster geometry
Cherokee County HIFLD mix around Galena Fire Department
Cherokee County: 8 departments, 126 personnel (0 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KS department.