Wichita Fire Department

[Kansas Fire Buff]

Wichita Fire Department 2011 Profile

Area Served;  City of Wichita, Kansas, with automatic aid agreements to respond into Sedgwick County Fire District #1.  Population 389,000.  Area; 142 square miles.

Services provided;  Fire suppression, medical first response, rescue services.  Fire prevention and inspection.  EMT to paramedic level medical response.  Basic to technical rescue including high angle, low angle, confined space, and Urban Search and Rescue.  Hazardous materials response to technician level.  Regional training at WFD Regional Training Center including live burns.

Type of department; Career/paid.  Personnel; 424.

Stations;  22  Battalions; 4  Divisions; 1

Alarms; 43,711

Engine Co's;  22  (15 pumpers and 7 quints)

Truck Co's; 4  (aerial platforms)

Squad Co's; 13  (light utility vehicles with 300 gallon water tank)

Rescue Co's; 1

Mobile Air; 1

Battalion Chief's; 4

Medical Officer

Fire Investigator

Cross manned are a water tender, hazardous materials unit, rescue boat, and command van.

[Kansas Fire Buff]

Wichita Fire Department 2011 Apparatus Overview

Front Line Apparatus;
15 pumpers
7 quints
4 aerial platforms
13 squad quick response vehicles
1 mobile air unit
1 haz mat unit (cross manned)
1 rescue unit (cross manned)
1 rescue boat (cross manned)
1 water tender (cross manned)
4 battalion chiefs
1 command van (cross manned)
1 medical officer
1 fire investigator

Reserve apparatus;
4 pumpers
1 quint
1 mobile air
5 squads
2 support

Administrative vehicles;
11 total