Department profile
OtherLiberal Fire Department
Liberal, KS · Seward County. Liberal Fire Department is a fire department, 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Liberal Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Kansas average.
- 39th pct.
- national personnel size
- +14%
- 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.
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.
Liberal Fire Department is a fire department serving Liberal, KS (Seward County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,615 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,615 of 22,440
- KS personnel rank #117 of 431
- 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 2 other listed departments in Seward County
Liberal Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 61% higher than 39% 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 SW101 · Liberal Fire Department, KS 25 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #13,615
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Addieville Commun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Addieville Community 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.
- Liberal (this dept) 25
- High Aledo Fire Protec…, IL 25
- Near Addieville Commun…, IL 25
- Near Alamo Heights Fir…, TX 25
- Near Albion, ME 25
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Liberal, KS
- County
- Seward County
- FDID
- SW101
Staffing vs the Kansas average
How Liberal Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #117 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,615 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 45
- KS departments
- 773
County roster weight
Liberal Fire Department carries 52.1% of Seward County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (48 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Addieville Community Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KS department.