Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFort Calhoun Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
Fort Calhoun, NE · Washington County. Fort Calhoun Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 39 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.
- 39
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fort Calhoun Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Nebraska average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- +117%
- 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.
Fort Calhoun Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Fort Calhoun, NE (Washington County), with 1 station and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,502 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,502 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #40 of 258
- 2.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Washington County
Fort Calhoun Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
39 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 29003 · Fort Calhoun Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, NE 39 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 39
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,502
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Higgins Area Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Higgins Area Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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.
- Fort Calhoun Volu… (this dept) 39
- High Town of Mosheim, TN 39
- Near Higgins Area Fire…, CA 39
- Near Fort Atkinson, WI 39
- Near City of Moss Poin…, MS 39
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Fort Calhoun, NE
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- 29003
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Fort Calhoun Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #40 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,502 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
Fort Calhoun Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department carries 52.7% of Washington County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (74 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 39 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Higgins Area Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 39 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.