Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBoelus Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Boelus, NE · Howard County. Boelus Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 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.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Boelus Volunteer Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Nebraska average.
- 11th pct.
- national personnel size
- -17%
- 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.
Boelus Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Boelus, NE (Howard County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,979 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,979 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #248 of 258
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Howard County
Boelus Volunteer Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 49001 · Boelus Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,979
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gateway Hose Comp…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gateway Hose Company, MT (+ 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.
- Boelus Volunteer… (this dept) 15
- High Northwest Lauderd…, TN 15
- Near Gateway Hose Comp…, MT 15
- Near Putney, KY 15
- Near Lower Cloverfork, KY 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Boelus, NE
- County
- Howard County
- FDID
- 49001
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Boelus Volunteer Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #248 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,979 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 26
- NE departments
- 511
County roster geometry
Howard County HIFLD mix around Boelus Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Howard County: 6 departments, 130 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gateway Hose Company, MT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.