Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBancroft Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Bancroft, NE · Cuming County. Bancroft Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 23 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.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bancroft Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Nebraska average.
- 34th pct.
- national personnel size
- +28%
- 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.
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.
Bancroft Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Bancroft, NE (Cuming County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,910 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,910 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #183 of 258
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Cuming County
Bancroft Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 66% higher than 34% 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 24001 · Bancroft Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE 23 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,910
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Valley Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Valley Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Bancroft Rural Vo… (this dept) 23
- High Ware Shoals Volun…, SC 23
- Near Valley Volunteer, WV 23
- Near Boothsville Volun…, WV 23
- Near Lacy Volunteer, KY 23
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bancroft, NE
- County
- Cuming County
- FDID
- 24001
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Bancroft Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #183 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,910 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 26
- NE departments
- 511
County roster weight
Bancroft Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue carries 27.4% of Cuming County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (84 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 75% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Valley Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.