Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderFriend Volunteer Fire Department
Friend, NE · Saline County. Friend Volunteer Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Friend Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Nebraska average.
- 49th pct.
- national personnel size
- +56%
- 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.
Friend Volunteer Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Friend, NE (Saline County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,479 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,479 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #136 of 258
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Saline County
Friend Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 22004 · Friend Volunteer Fire Department, NE 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,479
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gore Springs Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gore Springs Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 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.
- Friend Volunteer (this dept) 28
- High Grayson Volunteer…, KY 28
- Near Gore Springs Volu…, MS 28
- Near Crescent City, FL 28
- Near Blue River Fire D…, WI 28
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Friend, NE
- County
- Saline County
- FDID
- 22004
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Friend Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #136 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,479 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 26
- NE departments
- 511
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Saline County
County mix is mostly volunteer (4 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gore Springs Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.