Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderGreat Bend Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
Great Bend, KS · Barton County. Great Bend Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a fire department, 2 stations and 59 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.
- 59
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Great Bend Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kansas average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +168%
- vs. Kansas average
- 2
- stations
- $278,288
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Great Bend Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a fire department serving Great Bend, KS (Barton County), with 2 stations and 59 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,767 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $278,288.
- National personnel rank #2,767 of 22,440
- KS personnel rank #31 of 431
- 3.39 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Barton County
Great Bend Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
59 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 BT201 · Great Bend Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, KS 59 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 59
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,767
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Campbellsville
- FEMA-LIGHT $278K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Campbellsville Fire Department, KY (+ 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.
- Great Bend Fire a… (this dept) 59
- High North Highline Fi…, WA 59
- Near Campbellsville, KY 59
- Near Genoa-Kingston Fi…, IL 59
- Near Mansfield, TX 59
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Great Bend, KS
- County
- Barton County
- FDID
- BT201
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW2016FH00354 | $278,287.62 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Kansas average
How Great Bend Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #31 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,767 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 45
- KS departments
- 773
County roster weight
Great Bend Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department carries 27.1% of Barton County HIFLD personnel
Among 11 listed departments (218 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.39 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 59 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Campbellsville Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 59 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KS department.