Department profile
OtherMerriam Fire Department
Merriam, KS · Johnson County. Merriam Fire Department is a fire department, 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Merriam Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Kansas average.
- Top 43%
- national personnel size
- +41%
- 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.
Merriam Fire Department is a fire department serving Merriam, KS (Johnson County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,651 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,651 of 22,440
- KS personnel rank #67 of 431
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Johnson County
Merriam Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 JO206 · Merriam Fire Department, KS 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #9,651
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Andrews City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Andrews City Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Merriam (this dept) 31
- High Bogata, TX 31
- Near Andrews City, SC 31
- Near Annaville Volunte…, TX 31
- Near Bagdad Fire Prote…, KY 31
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Merriam, KS
- County
- Johnson County
- FDID
- JO206
Staffing vs the Kansas average
How Merriam Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #67 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,651 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
Merriam Fire Department is 3.4% 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.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Andrews City Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KS department.