Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderKildare Volunteer Fire Department
Ponca City, OK · Kay County. Kildare Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 24 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.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Kildare Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount more than double the Oklahoma average.
- 35th pct.
- national personnel size
- +100%
- vs. Oklahoma average
- 1
- station
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.
Kildare Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ponca City, OK (Kay County), with 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,530 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,530 of 22,440
- OK personnel rank #122 of 513
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Kay County
Kildare Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 65% higher than 35% 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 36004 · Kildare Volunteer Fire Department, OK 24 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,530
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pinedale Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pinedale Volunteer Fire Department, WY (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every OK department.
- Kildare Volunteer (this dept) 24
- High Tripp Volunteer, SD 24
- Near Pinedale Volunteer, WY 24
- Near New Bavaria-Pleas…, OH 24
- Near Dunmore, PA 24
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ponca City, OK
- County
- Kay County
- FDID
- 36004
Staffing vs the Oklahoma average
How Kildare Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oklahoma. In-state it ranks #122 of 513 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,530 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- OK departments
- 1,049
County roster geometry
Kay County HIFLD mix around Kildare Volunteer Fire Department
Kay County: 13 departments, 224 personnel (8 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 77% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pinedale Volunteer Fire Department, WY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OK department.