Department profile
VolunteerMcLouth Fire Department
Mclouth, KS · Jefferson County. McLouth Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
McLouth Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Kansas average.
- 48th pct.
- national personnel size
- +27%
- vs. Kansas 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.
McLouth Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Mclouth, KS (Jefferson County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,622 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,622 of 22,440
- KS personnel rank #90 of 431
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- 2 other listed departments in Jefferson County
McLouth Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 52% higher than 48% 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 JF302 · McLouth Fire Department, KS 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #11,622
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 182nd Air Wing Fi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 182nd Air Wing Fire Department - Illinois Air National Guard-Dod, IL (+ 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 KS department.
- McLouth (this dept) 28
- High Ashkum Township F…, IL 28
- Near 182nd Air Wing Fi…, IL 28
- Near Aledo Volunteer, TX 28
- Near Anahuac Volunteer, TX 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mclouth, KS
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- JF302
Staffing vs the Kansas average
How McLouth Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #90 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,622 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 45
- KS departments
- 773
County roster fringe
McLouth Fire Department is 9.8% of Jefferson County roster mass
The county lists 14 departments totaling 286 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 7% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 182nd Air Wing Fire Department - Illinois Air National Guard-Dod, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KS department.