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Kansas City Kansas Fire Department

Kansas City, KS · Wyandotte County. Kansas City Kansas Fire Department is a fire department, 18 stations and 799 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.

799
Total personnel
18
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Kansas City Kansas Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kansas average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+3532%
vs. Kansas average
18
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
82/100
Kansas City Kansas 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 A
44.4 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration B
46.1% of personnel EMS-credentialed (national median 33.3%, among EMS-capable departments)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
799 personnel · 18 stations

Kansas City Kansas Fire Department is a fire department serving Kansas City, KS (Wyandotte County), with 18 stations and 799 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #29 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #29 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #1 of 431
  • 2.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 5 other listed departments in Wyandotte County

Kansas City Kansas Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

799 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 WY101 · Kansas City Kansas Fire Department, KS 799 personnel · 18 stations

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

  • PERS-LARGE 799
  • STA-MULTI 18 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #29
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fort Worth
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Fort Worth Fire Department, TX ( -17 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
Kansas City, KS
FDID
WY101

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Kansas City Kansas Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #1 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #29 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 3532% above the state average
Stations
18
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster weight

Kansas City Kansas Fire Department carries 89.7% of Wyandotte County HIFLD personnel

Among 6 listed departments (891 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.

2.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (18 stations / 799 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Fort Worth Fire Department, TX (-17 personnel).

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

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Lake Quivira Fire Department
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Nationwide departments near 799 personnel

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

Fort Worth Fire Department, TX 782 Indianapolis Fire Department, IN 819 Tucson Fire Department, AZ 770 Buffalo Fire Department, NY 765

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Kansas City Kansas Fire Department have?

Kansas City Kansas Fire Department has 799 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 3532% above the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #29 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #1 of 431 by personnel.

Does Kansas City Kansas Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Kansas City Kansas Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Kansas City Kansas Fire Department operate?

Kansas City Kansas Fire Department operates 18 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Kansas City Kansas Fire Department?

Kansas City Kansas Fire Department is a fire department serving Wyandotte County, KS.

How many fire departments are in Kansas?

Kansas has 773 fire departments with 16,728 total personnel. 0% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.