Eudora Township: Volunteer department with 20 members; covers about 48.5 square miles; class 9 ranking.
Grant Township: Contracts with Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical; covers about 15 square miles; will pay Lawrence about $21,000 in 2001.
Kanwaka Township: Volunteer department with 20 members; covers 45 square miles, class 9.
Lecompton Township: Volunteer department with 21 members; 50 square miles; class 8 within Lecompton city limits, class 9 elsewhere.
Marion Township: Contracts with Osage City Fire Department; covers 70 square miles.
Palmyra Township: Volunteer department with 25 members; covers 80 square miles; class 9 within five miles of the fire station, class 10 in the rest of township.
Wakarusa Township: Staffed fire department; five paid employees, about 20 volunteers; covers 37 square miles; class 9.
Willow Springs Township: Volunteer department with 13 members; covers about 63 square miles; class 9 within five miles of the station, class 10 elsewhere.
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