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Leawood Fire Department

Leawood, KS · Johnson County. Leawood Fire Department is a fire department, 3 stations and 53 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.

53
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Leawood Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kansas average.

Top 15%
national personnel size
+141%
vs. Kansas average
3
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
31/100
Leawood 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 D
17.7 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
53 personnel · 3 stations

Leawood Fire Department is a fire department serving Leawood, KS (Johnson County), with 3 stations and 53 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,469 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,469 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #39 of 431
  • 5.66 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Johnson County

Leawood Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

53 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 JO204 · Leawood Fire Department, KS 53 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 53
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,469
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Abbott North Chic…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Abbott North Chicago Fire Department, 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
Leawood, KS
FDID
JO204

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Leawood Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #39 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,469 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 141% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster fringe

Leawood Fire Department is 5.7% of Johnson County roster mass

The county lists 21 departments totaling 925 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 38% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.66 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 53 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Abbott North Chicago Fire Department, IL (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide departments near 53 personnel

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

Abbott North Chicago Fire Department, IL 53 Acton Volunteer Fire Department, ME 53 Cat Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX 53 Crosby Volunteer Fire Department, TX 53

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Leawood Fire Department have?

Leawood Fire Department has 53 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 141% above the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #3,469 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #39 of 431 by personnel.

Does Leawood Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Leawood Fire Department operate?

Leawood Fire Department operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Leawood Fire Department?

Leawood Fire Department is a fire department serving Johnson 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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