Department profile
OtherHays Fire Department
Hays, KS · Ellis County. Hays Fire Department is a fire department, 2 stations and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Hays Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Kansas average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +32%
- 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.
Hays Fire Department is a fire department serving Hays, KS (Ellis County), with 2 stations and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,069 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,069 of 22,440
- KS personnel rank #86 of 431
- 6.90 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Ellis County
Hays Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 EL202 · Hays Fire Department, KS 29 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #11,069
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Astoria Fire Prot…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Astoria 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.
- Hays (this dept) 29
- High Beverly Hills Dep…, TX 29
- Near Astoria Fire Prot…, IL 29
- Near Belvidere, IL 29
- Near Benson Community…, IL 29
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Hays, KS
- County
- Ellis County
- FDID
- EL202
Staffing vs the Kansas average
How Hays Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #86 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,069 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
Ellis County HIFLD mix around Hays Fire Department
Ellis County: 6 departments, 138 personnel (0 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Astoria Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KS department.