Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderClarkson Volunteer Fire Department
Clarkson, NE · Colfax County. Clarkson Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 47 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.
- 47
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Clarkson Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Nebraska average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +161%
- 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.
Clarkson Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Clarkson, NE (Colfax County), with 1 station and 47 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,419 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,419 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #20 of 258
- 2.13 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Colfax County
Clarkson Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 43001 · Clarkson Volunteer Fire Department, NE 47 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 47
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,419
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Westview-Fairfore…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Westview-Fairforest Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Clarkson Volunteer (this dept) 47
- High Kunkle Fire Compa…, PA 47
- Near Westview-Fairfore…, SC 47
- Near Scotts Valley Fir…, CA 47
- Near Belgium Volunteer, WI 47
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Clarkson, NE
- County
- Colfax County
- FDID
- 43001
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Clarkson Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #20 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,419 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
Clarkson Volunteer Fire Department carries 44.8% of Colfax County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (105 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 47 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Westview-Fairforest Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 47 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.