Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Axtell Volunteer Fire and Rescue

Axtell, NE · Kearney County. Axtell Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 22 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.

22
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Axtell Volunteer Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Nebraska average.

31st pct.
national personnel size
+22%
vs. Nebraska 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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
45/100
Axtell Volunteer Fire and Rescue

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 C
22 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
22 personnel · 1 station

Axtell Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Axtell, NE (Kearney County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,426 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,426 of 22,440
  • NE personnel rank #197 of 258
  • 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 2 other listed departments in Kearney County

Axtell Volunteer Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

22 Top 69% higher than 31% 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 52001 · Axtell Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE 22 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 22
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #15,426
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Amboy Volunteer F…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Amboy Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, IN (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Axtell, NE
FDID
52001

Staffing vs the Nebraska average

How Axtell Volunteer Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #197 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,426 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 22% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
26
NE departments
511

County roster weight

Axtell Volunteer Fire and Rescue carries 25.6% of Kearney County HIFLD personnel

Among 3 listed departments (86 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Amboy Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, IN (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Minden Volunteer Fire Department
Minden · volunteer
Wilcox Volunteer Fire Department
Wilcox · volunteer
All NE departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel

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