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Wakarusa Township Fire Department

Lawrence, KS · Douglas County. Wakarusa Township Fire Department is a fire department, 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

33
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Wakarusa Township Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Kansas average.

Top 40%
national personnel size
+50%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
27/100
Wakarusa Township 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 D
16.5 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
33 personnel · 2 stations

Wakarusa Township Fire Department is a fire department serving Lawrence, KS (Douglas County), with 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,905 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #8,905 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #61 of 431
  • 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
  • 11 other listed departments in Douglas County

Wakarusa Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

33 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 DG408 · Wakarusa Township Fire Department, KS 33 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 33
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UPPER #8,905
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aviston Fire Prot…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Aviston 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.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Lawrence, KS
FDID
DG408

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Wakarusa Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #61 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,905 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 50% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster fringe

Wakarusa Township Fire Department is 7.2% of Douglas County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 458 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 29% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 33 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Aviston Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Baldwin City Fire Department
Baldwin City · other
Clinton Township Fire
Lawrence · other
All KS departments →

Nationwide departments near 33 personnel

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

Aviston Fire Protection District, IL 33 Bar Harbor Ambulance, ME 33 Boling Fire Department, TX 33 Bradford Volunteer Fire Department, ME 33

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Wakarusa Township Fire Department have?

Wakarusa Township Fire Department has 33 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 50% above the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #8,905 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #61 of 431 by personnel.

Does Wakarusa Township Fire Department provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Wakarusa Township Fire Department in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Wakarusa Township Fire Department operate?

Wakarusa Township Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Wakarusa Township Fire Department?

Wakarusa Township Fire Department is a fire department serving Douglas 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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