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Chester Volunteer Fire Department

Chester, NE · Thayer County. Chester Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Chester Volunteer Fire Department

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
No station count on file for this department
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
Other department profile

Chester Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Chester, NE (Thayer County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $394,286.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 10 other listed departments in Thayer County

Dispatch plate

Sheet NE-CHESTER-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-NE · Chester Volunteer Fire Department, NE personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-LIGHT $394K
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Chester, NE

FEMA Grant History

$394K
Cumulative funding (FY2017–2019)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2019 EMW-2019-FG-04223 $214,286
2017 EMW2016FR00067 $180,000

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

County roster geometry

Thayer County HIFLD mix around Chester Volunteer Fire Department

Thayer County: 12 departments, 25 personnel (1 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.

Nearby Departments

Alexandria Rescue Unit
Alexandria · other
Belvidere Rural Fire Department
Belvidere · other
Deshler Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Deshler · volunteer
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Chester Volunteer Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Chester Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Chester Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Chester Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Chester Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Chester Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Chester Volunteer Fire Department?

Chester Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Thayer County, NE.

Has Chester Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Chester Volunteer Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $394,286 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017–2019 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2019.

How many fire departments are in Nebraska?

Nebraska has 511 fire departments with 9,011 total personnel. 50% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.