Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCrete Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Crete, NE · Saline County. Crete Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 50 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.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Crete Volunteer Fire and Rescue pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Nebraska average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +178%
- 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.
Crete Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Crete, NE (Saline County), with 1 station and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,853 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,853 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #16 of 258
- 2.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Saline County
Crete Volunteer Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 22001 · Crete Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE 50 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,853
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fruitland Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fruitland Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+ 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.
- Crete Volunteer F… (this dept) 50
- High Upper Allen Towns…, PA 50
- Near Fruitland Volunte…, MD 50
- Near Frankfort Volunte…, NY 50
- Near Cuba City Volunte…, WI 50
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Crete, NE
- County
- Saline County
- FDID
- 22001
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Crete Volunteer Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #16 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,853 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
Crete Volunteer Fire and Rescue carries 36.0% of Saline County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (139 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fruitland Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.