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Ottawa County Rural Fire Department

Minneapolis, KS · Ottawa County. Ottawa County Rural Fire Department is a fire department, 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

24
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Ottawa County Rural Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Kansas average.

35th pct.
national personnel size
+9%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
51/100
Ottawa County Rural 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 C
24 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
24 personnel · 1 station

Ottawa County Rural Fire Department is a fire department serving Minneapolis, KS (Ottawa County), with 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,667 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #14,667 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #132 of 431
  • 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
  • 2 other listed departments in Ottawa County

Ottawa County Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

24 Top 65% higher than 35% 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 OT201 · Ottawa County Rural Fire Department, KS 24 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 24
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #14,667
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 134th Ces/Cef Ten…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN (+ 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
Minneapolis, KS
FDID
OT201

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Ottawa County Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #132 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,667 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 9% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster geometry

Ottawa County HIFLD mix around Ottawa County Rural Fire Department

Ottawa County: 7 departments, 142 personnel (0 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 24 roster).

Photo-finish peer: 134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Ada Ottawa Lincoln
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Nationwide departments near 24 personnel

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

134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN 24 Annawan-Alba Fire Protection District, IL 24 Aransas Pass Fire Department, TX 24 Ashland Volunteer Fire Department, IL 24

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Ottawa County Rural Fire Department have?

Ottawa County Rural Fire Department has 24 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 9% above the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #14,667 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #132 of 431 by personnel.

Does Ottawa County Rural Fire Department provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Ottawa County Rural Fire Department in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Ottawa County Rural Fire Department operate?

Ottawa County Rural Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Ottawa County Rural Fire Department?

Ottawa County Rural Fire Department is a fire department serving Ottawa 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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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.