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Woodson County Rural Fire Department

Yates Center, KS · Woodson County. Woodson County Rural Fire Department is a fire department, 6 stations and 50 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

50
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Woodson County Rural Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kansas average.

Top 18%
national personnel size
+127%
vs. Kansas average
6
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
7/100
Woodson 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 F
8.3 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
50 personnel · 6 stations

Woodson County Rural Fire Department is a fire department serving Yates Center, KS (Woodson County), with 6 stations and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,119 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,119 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #41 of 431
  • 12.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 4 other listed departments in Woodson County

Woodson County Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

50 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 WO404 · Woodson County Rural Fire Department, KS 50 personnel · 6 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 50
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UPPER #4,119
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Braidwood Volunte…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Braidwood Volunteer Fire Department, 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
Yates Center, KS
FDID
WO404

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Woodson County Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #41 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,119 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 127% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster weight

Woodson County Rural Fire Department carries 55.6% of Woodson County HIFLD personnel

Among 5 listed departments (90 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.

12.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 50 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Braidwood Volunteer Fire Department, IL (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Neosho Falls Fire Department
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Piqua Fire Department
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Toronto Fire Department
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Nationwide departments near 50 personnel

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

Braidwood Volunteer Fire Department, IL 50 City of Shelbyville Fire Department, KY 50 Coal Valley Fire Protection District, IL 50 Crestwood Fire Department, IL 50

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Woodson County Rural Fire Department have?

Woodson County Rural Fire Department has 50 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 127% above the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,119 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #41 of 431 by personnel.

Does Woodson County Rural Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

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

Woodson County Rural Fire Department operates 6 fire stations.

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

Woodson County Rural Fire Department is a fire department serving Woodson 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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