Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderElkhorn Suburban Fire Department
Elkhorn, NE · Douglas County. Elkhorn Suburban Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Elkhorn Suburban Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Nebraska average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- 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.
Elkhorn Suburban Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Elkhorn, NE (Douglas County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,286 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,286 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #49 of 258
- 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Douglas County
Elkhorn Suburban Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 01003 · Elkhorn Suburban Fire Department, NE 36 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,286
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Monroe Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Monroe Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Elkhorn Suburban (this dept) 36
- High Shallotte Point V…, NC 36
- Near Monroe Volunteer, IN 36
- Near Tichnor Fire Stat…, AR 36
- Near Aspers Fire and E…, PA 36
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Elkhorn, NE
- County
- Douglas County
- FDID
- 01003
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Elkhorn Suburban Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #49 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,286 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 26
- NE departments
- 511
County roster fringe
Elkhorn Suburban Fire Department is 3.9% of Douglas County roster mass
The county lists 10 departments totaling 929 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Monroe Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.