| Fire department | City | County | Career firefighters | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita Fire Department | Wichita | Sedgwick | 447 | Official site |
| Kansas City Fire Department | Kansas City | Wyandotte | 415 | Official site |
| Topeka Fire Department | Topeka | Shawnee | 240 | Official site |
| Overland Park Fire Department | Overland Park | Johnson | 192 | Official site |
| Olathe Fire Department | Olathe | Johnson | 144 | Official site |
| Sedgwick County Fire District #1 | Park City | Sedgwick | 142 | Official site |
| Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical Department | Lawrence | Douglas | 140 | Official site |
| City of Lenexa Fire Department | Lenexa | Johnson | 94 | Official site |
| Hutchinson Kansas Fire Department | Hutchinson | Reno | 93 | — |
| Salina Fire Department | Salina | Saline | 89 | — |
| Manhattan Fire Department | Manhattan | Riley | 86 | Official site |
| Shawnee Fire Department | Shawnee | Johnson | 76 | Official site |
| Fort Riley Fire Department | Fort Riley | Geary | 73 | — |
| Consolidated Fire District #2 | Prairie Village | Johnson | 67 | Official site |
| McConnell AFB Fire Department | Mcconnell Afb | Sedgwick | 64 | Official site |
| Johnson County Fire District # 1 | Edgerton | Johnson | 60 | Official site |
| Leavenworth Fire Department | Leavenworth | Leavenworth | 54 | Official site |
| Leawood Fire Department | Leawood | Johnson | 54 | Official site |
| Junction City Fire Department | Junction City | Geary | 52 | Official site |
| Newton Fire/EMS Department | Newton | Harvey | 50 | Official site |
| Fort Leavenworth Fire & Emergency Services | Fort Leavenworth | Leavenworth | 48 | — |
| Emporia Fire Department/Lyon County EMS | Emporia | Lyon | 47 | Official site |
| Johnson County Fire District No. 2 | Stilwell | Johnson | 47 | Official site |
| Garden City Fire Department | Garden City | Finney | 37 | Official site |
| Pittsburg Fire Department | Pittsburg | Crawford | 35 | — |
| Northwest Consolidated Fire District | De Soto | Johnson | 31 | Official site |
| Ford County Fire & EMS | Dodge City | Ford | 30 | — |
| Derby Fire and Rescue | Derby | Sedgwick | 27 | Official site |
| Winfield Fire/EMS Department | Winfield | Cowley | 27 | Official site |
| Arkansas City Fire Department | Arkansas City | Cowley | 25 | Official site |
| Butler County Fire District #2 | Augusta | Butler | 25 | — |
| Dodge City Fire Department | Dodge City | Ford | 25 | Official site |
| Great Bend Fire/ EMS | Great Bend | Barton | 25 | Official site |
| Larned State Hospital Safety/Security | Larned | Pawnee | 24 | — |
| City of Independence Fire & EMS | Independence | Montgomery | 23 | Official site |
| Hays Fire Department | Hays | Ellis | 23 | Official site |
| Merriam Fire Department | Merriam | Johnson | 23 | Official site |
| City of McPherson Fire Department | Mcpherson | McPherson | 21 | Official site |
| Liberal Fire Department | Liberal | Seward | 21 | Official site |
| Ottawa Fire Department | Ottawa | Franklin | 21 | — |
| Iola Fire Department | Iola | Allen | 20 | Official site |
| Osawatomie State Hospital | Osawatomie | Miami | 20 | — |
| Potawatomi Tribal Fire Department | Mayetta | Jackson | 20 | — |
| Atchison Fire Department | Atchison | Atchison | 19 | Official site |
| Coffeyville Fire Department | Coffeyville | Montgomery | 19 | — |
| Parsons Fire Dept | Parsons | Labette | 19 | Official site |
| Wellington Fire/ EMS Department | Wellington | Sumner | 19 | Official site |
| MTAA Fire Department | Topeka | Shawnee | 18 | Official site |
| El Dorado Fire Department | El Dorado | Butler | 17 | Official site |
| Shawnee Heights Fire District | Tecumseh | Shawnee | 17 | Official site |
| Andover Fire-Rescue | Andover | Butler | 15 | — |
| Chanute Fire Department | Chanute | Neosho | 15 | Official site |
| Edwardsville Fire Department | Edwardsville | Wyandotte | 14 | — |
| Fort Scott Fire Department | Fort Scott | Bourbon | 14 | — |
| Fire District NO. 1, County of Leavenworth, KS | Lansing | Leavenworth | 13 | Official site |
| Crawford Township Rural Fire Department | Girard | Crawford | 12 | — |
| Abilene Fire Department | Abilene | Dickinson | 11 | Official site |
| Fairmount Township Fire Department | Basehor | Leavenworth | 11 | Official site |
| Mission Township Fire Department | Topeka | Shawnee | 9 | Official site |
| Neodesha Fire Department | Neodesha | Wilson | 9 | — |
| Bonner Springs Fire-EMS | Bonner Springs | Wyandotte | 8 | Official site |
| Tonganoxie Fire Department | Tonganoxie | Leavenworth | 8 | Official site |
| Cherryvale Fire Department | Cherryvale | Montgomery | 7 | Official site |
| City of Concordia Fire Department | Concordia | Cloud | 7 | — |
| Clay Center Municipal Fire Department | Clay Center | Clay | 7 | — |
| Seward County Fire District | Liberal | Seward | 7 | Official site |
| Butler County Fire District #3 | Rose Hill | Butler | 6 | Official site |
| Colby Fire Department | Colby | Thomas | 6 | Official site |
| City of Girard Fire Department | Girard | Crawford | 5 | — |
| Consolidated Fire District #1 | Lawrence | Douglas | 5 | — |
| Township 8 Fire Department | Byers | Pratt | 5 | — |
| Columbus Fire Department | Columbus | Cherokee | 4 | — |
| Halstead Fire/EMS Department | Halstead | Harvey | 4 | — |
| Hesston Fire Department | Hesston | Harvey | 4 | — |
| Pratt City Fire Department | Pratt | Pratt | 4 | Official site |
| Soldier Township Fire Department | Topeka | Shawnee | 4 | — |
| Valley Center Fire Department | Valley Center | Sedgwick | 4 | Official site |
| Frontenac Fire Department | Frontenac | Crawford | 3 | Official site |
| Grandview Plaza Fire Department | Junction City | Geary | 3 | — |
| Mulvane Fire Rescue | Mulvane | Sumner | 3 | Official site |
| Anderson County Rural Fire Department | Garnett | Anderson | 2 | — |
| City of Eudora Fire Department | Eudora | Douglas | 2 | Official site |
| Doniphan County Rural Fire District # 2 | Highland | Doniphan | 2 | — |
| Easton Township Fire Department | Easton | Leavenworth | 2 | — |
| Ellis County Fire Department | Hays | Ellis | 2 | Official site |
| Geary County Rural Fire | Junction City | Geary | 2 | Official site |
| Herington Fire Department | Herington | Dickinson | 2 | — |
| Kickapoo Fire Department | Horton | Brown | 2 | Official site |
| Pottawatomie Township Volunteer Fire Department | Lane | Franklin | 2 | — |
| Riley County Fire District #1 | Manhattan | Riley | 2 | Official site |
| Saint Marys Fire Department | Saint Marys | Pottawatomie | 2 | — |
| Stafford County Fire Department | Saint John | Stafford | 2 | Official site |
| Wellsville Fire District | Wellsville | Franklin | 2 | — |
| Baxter Springs Fire Department | Baxter Springs | Cherokee | 1 | Official site |
| Bourbon County Fire District # 3 | Fort Scott | Bourbon | 1 | Official site |
| City of Russell Fire Department | Russell | Russell | 1 | Official site |
| Colwich Volunteer Fire Department | Colwich | Sedgwick | 1 | — |
| Goodland Fire Department | Goodland | Sherman | 1 | — |
| Graham County Fire Department | Hill City | Graham | 1 | — |
| Hillsboro Fire Department | Hillsboro | Marion | 1 | — |
| Louisburg Fire Department | Louisburg | Miami | 1 | — |
| Montgomery County Rural Fire District #1 | Independence | Montgomery | 1 | — |
| Shawnee County Fire District #1 | Silver Lake | Shawnee | 1 | Official site |
| Shawnee County Fire District 2 | Auburn | Shawnee | 1 | — |
| Tonganoxie Township Rural Fire Department | Tonganoxie | Leavenworth | 1 | — |
| Weir Volunteer Fire Department | Weir | Cherokee | 1 | — |
Largest first by career firefighters, as each employer reports it to its federal registry.
Source: U.S. Fire Administration (FEMA), National Fire Department Registry. Data captured September 30, 2026.