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Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department

Hoisington, KS · Barton County. Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department, 2 stations and 21 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

21
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Kansas average.

27th pct.
national personnel size
-5%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
9/100
Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department

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
10.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
21 personnel · 2 stations

Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Hoisington, KS (Barton County), with 2 stations and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,299 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,299 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #171 of 431
  • 9.52 stations per 100 personnel
  • 9 other listed departments in Barton County

Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

21 Top 73% higher than 27% 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 BT202 · Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department, KS 21 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 21
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #16,299
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ashmore Fire Prot…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ashmore 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.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Hoisington, KS
FDID
BT202

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #171 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,299 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 5% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster fringe

Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department is 9.6% of Barton County roster mass

The county lists 11 departments totaling 218 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 18% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

9.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 21 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Ashmore Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Claflin Fire Department
Claflin · other
Ellinwood Fire Department
Ellinwood · other
Great Bend Fire Department
Great Bend · other
Olmitz Fire Department
Olmitz · other
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Nationwide departments near 21 personnel

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

Ashmore Fire Protection District, IL 21 Bagwell Community Volunteer Fire Department, TX 21 Belmont Volunteer Fire Department, ME 21 Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, TX 21

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department have?

Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department has 21 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 5% below the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #16,299 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #171 of 431 by personnel.

Does Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department?

Hoisington Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Barton 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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