Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAlda Volunteer Fire Department
Alda, NE · Hall County. Alda Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 20 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Alda Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Nebraska average.
- 26th pct.
- national personnel size
- +11%
- vs. Nebraska average
- 2
- 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.
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.
Alda Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Alda, NE (Hall County), with 2 stations and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,635 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,635 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #212 of 258
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Hall County
Alda Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 74% higher than 26% 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 08001 · Alda Volunteer Fire Department, NE 20 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,635
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Binger
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Binger Fire Department, OK (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NE department.
- Alda Volunteer (this dept) 20
- High Grass Range Volun…, MT 20
- Near Binger, OK 20
- Near Boone, IA 20
- Near Breesport, NY 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Alda, NE
- County
- Hall County
- FDID
- 08001
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Alda Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #212 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,635 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 26
- NE departments
- 511
County roster geometry
Hall County HIFLD mix around Alda Volunteer Fire Department
Hall County: 8 departments, 151 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Binger Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.