Department profile
OtherWichita Fire Department
Wichita, KS · Sedgwick County. Wichita Fire Department is a fire department, 18 stations and 388 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 388
- Total personnel
- 18
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Wichita Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kansas average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1664%
- vs. Kansas average
- 18
- stations
- $16,364,713
- 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.
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.
Wichita Fire Department is a fire department serving Wichita, KS (Sedgwick County), with 18 stations and 388 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #78 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $16,364,713.
- National personnel rank #78 of 22,440
- KS personnel rank #2 of 431
- 4.64 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Sedgwick County
Wichita Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
388 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 SG111 · Wichita Fire Department, KS 388 personnel · 18 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 388
- STA-MULTI 18 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #78
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saint Lucie Count…
- FEMA-HEAVY $16.4M
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Saint Lucie County Fire District, FL (+ 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.
- High Navy Regional Mid…, VA 389
- Wichita (this dept) 388
- Near Saint Lucie Count…, FL 388
- Near West Metro Fire P…, CO 385
- Low Frisco, TX 382
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Wichita, KS
- County
- Sedgwick County
- FDID
- SG111
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FP-00945 | $555,946.11 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-01614 | $10,273,326 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FP-00504 | $539,718.4 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FP-00132 | $1,066,666.67 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00417 | $1,503,043.74 |
| 2017 | EMW2015FH00272 | $837,508 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FH00872 | $768,051 |
| 2012 | EMW2011FO05779 | $192,289 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FO-0921 | $628,164 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Kansas average
How Wichita Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #2 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #78 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 18
- State fire deaths/yr
- 45
- KS departments
- 773
County roster weight
Wichita Fire Department carries 52.0% of Sedgwick County HIFLD personnel
Among 13 listed departments (746 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.64 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (18 stations / 388 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Saint Lucie County Fire District, FL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 388 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KS department.