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Wilson County Rural Fire District

Altoona, KS · Wilson County. Wilson County Rural Fire District is a fire department, 14 stations and 70 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

70
Total personnel
14
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Wilson County Rural Fire District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kansas average.

Top 9%
national personnel size
+218%
vs. Kansas average
14
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
4/100
Wilson County Rural Fire District

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 F
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
70 personnel · 14 stations

Wilson County Rural Fire District is a fire department serving Altoona, KS (Wilson County), with 14 stations and 70 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,983 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,983 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #26 of 431
  • 20.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 5 other listed departments in Wilson County

Wilson County Rural Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

70 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 WL303 · Wilson County Rural Fire District, KS 70 personnel · 14 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MID 70
  • STA-MULTI 14 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-TOP #1,983
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Addison Fire Prot…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Addison 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
Altoona, KS
FDID
WL303

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Wilson County Rural Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #26 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,983 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 218% above the state average
Stations
14
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster weight

Wilson County Rural Fire District carries 42.2% of Wilson County HIFLD personnel

Among 6 listed departments (166 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.

20.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (14 stations / 70 roster).

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

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

Nearby Departments

Altoona Fire Department
Altoona · other
Buffalo Fire Department
Buffalo · other
Fredonia Fire Department
Fredonia · other
Neodesha Fire Department
Neodesha · other
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Nationwide departments near 70 personnel

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

Addison Fire Protection District, IL 70 Beeville Volunteer Fire Department, TX 70 Bristol Fire Department - New Harbor, ME 70 Carrollton Volunteer Fire Protection District, IL 70

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Wilson County Rural Fire District have?

Wilson County Rural Fire District has 70 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 218% above the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,983 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #26 of 431 by personnel.

Does Wilson County Rural Fire District provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Wilson County Rural Fire District in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Wilson County Rural Fire District operate?

Wilson County Rural Fire District operates 14 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Wilson County Rural Fire District?

Wilson County Rural Fire District is a fire department serving Wilson 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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