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Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department

Yates Center, KS · Woodson County. Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department, 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

17
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Kansas average.

14th pct.
national personnel size
-23%
vs. Kansas average
1
station

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
28/100
Yates Center Volunteer 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
17 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
17 personnel · 1 station

Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Yates Center, KS (Woodson County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,405 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,405 of 22,440
  • KS personnel rank #272 of 431
  • 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • 4 other listed departments in Woodson County

Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

17 Top 86% higher than 14% 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 WO201 · Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department, KS 17 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 17
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #19,405
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Anchor
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Anchor 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
WO201

Staffing vs the Kansas average

How Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kansas. In-state it ranks #272 of 431 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,405 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 23% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
45
KS departments
773

County roster geometry

Woodson County HIFLD mix around Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department

Woodson County: 5 departments, 90 personnel (0 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).

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

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

Nearby Departments

Neosho Falls Fire Department
Neosho Falls · other
Piqua Fire Department
Piqua · other
Toronto Fire Department
Toronto · other
Woodson County Rural Fire Department
Yates Center · other
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Nationwide departments near 17 personnel

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

Anchor Fire Department, IL 17 Augusta Fire Protection District, IL 17 Baylis Fire Protection District, IL 17 Berlin Volunteer Fire Association, OK 17

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department have?

Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department has 17 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 23% below the Kansas average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #19,405 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KS, it ranks #272 of 431 by personnel.

Does Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department?

Yates Center Volunteer 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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