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Overland Park Fire Department

Overland Park, KS · Johnson County. Overland Park Fire Department is a fire department and 145 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.

145
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Overland Park Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kansas average.

Top 2%
national personnel size
+559%
vs. Kansas average
$836,670
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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
56/100
Overland Park 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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration A
100% of personnel EMS-credentialed (national median 33.3%, among EMS-capable departments)
Federal investment D
$5,770 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
145 personnel

Overland Park Fire Department is a fire department serving Overland Park, KS (Johnson County) and 145 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #447 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $836,670.

  • National personnel rank #447 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #8 of 431
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Johnson County

Overland Park Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

145 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 KS-OVERLAND-PARK-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-KS · Overland Park Fire Department, KS 145 personnel

PERS-MID · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MID 145
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #447
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clinton Volunteer
  • FEMA-MID $837K
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Clinton Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+ 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
Overland Park, KS

FEMA Grant History

$837K
Cumulative funding (FY2010–2011)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2011 EMW-2011-FO-0416 $256,000
2010 EMW-2010-FO-0496 $580,670

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Overland Park Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #8 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #447 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 559% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster geometry

Johnson County HIFLD mix around Overland Park Fire Department

Johnson County: 21 departments, 925 personnel (0 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 38% of departments. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Clinton Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide departments near 145 personnel

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

Clinton Volunteer Fire Department, CT 145 West Chester Township Fire Department, OH 145 Newport Beach Fire Department, CA 145 Liberty Joint Fire District, NY 145

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Overland Park Fire Department have?

Overland Park Fire Department has 145 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 559% above the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #447 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #8 of 431 by personnel.

Does Overland Park Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Overland Park Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Overland Park Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Overland Park Fire Department?

Overland Park Fire Department is a fire department serving Johnson County, KS.

Has Overland Park Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Overland Park Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $836,670 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2010–2011 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2011.

How many fire departments are in Kansas?

Kansas has 773 fire departments with 16,728 total personnel. 0% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.