Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDecatur Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Decatur, NE · Burt County. Decatur Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 38 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.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Decatur Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Nebraska average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +111%
- 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.
Decatur Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Decatur, NE (Burt County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,712 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,712 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #44 of 258
- 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Burt County
Decatur 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
38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 31002 · Decatur Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE 38 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,712
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Asbury Community
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Asbury Community Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Decatur Rural Vol… (this dept) 38
- High Camp Creek Volunt…, TN 38
- Near Asbury Community, IA 38
- Near Midland, SD 38
- Near Placer County, CA 38
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Decatur, NE
- County
- Burt County
- FDID
- 31002
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Decatur Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #44 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,712 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
Decatur Rural Volunteer Fire and Rescue carries 27.1% of Burt County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (140 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Asbury Community Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.