Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderLawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical
Lawrence, KS · Douglas County. Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical is a fire department, 5 stations and 276 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.
- 276
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kansas average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1155%
- vs. Kansas average
- 5
- stations
- $373,594
- 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.
Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical is a fire department serving Lawrence, KS (Douglas County), with 5 stations and 276 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #136 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $373,594.
- National personnel rank #136 of 22,440
- KS personnel rank #3 of 431
- 1.81 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Douglas County
Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
276 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 DG101 · Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical, KS 276 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 276
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #136
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Haven
- FEMA-LIGHT $374K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Haven Fire Department, CT (+ 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.
- High Winslow Township…, NJ 277
- Lawrence Douglas… (this dept) 276
- Near West Haven, CT 276
- Near Anaheim, CA 276
- Low Plantation, FL 275
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Lawrence, KS
- County
- Douglas County
- FDID
- DG101
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-03783 | $158,909.23 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FO07057 | $214,685 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Kansas average
How Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #3 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #136 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 45
- KS departments
- 773
County roster weight
Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical carries 60.3% of Douglas County HIFLD personnel
Among 14 listed departments (458 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.81 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 276 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Haven Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 276 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KS department.