Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Giltner Rural Fire Department

Giltner, NE · Hamilton County. Giltner Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 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.

21
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Giltner Rural Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Nebraska average.

28th pct.
national personnel size
+17%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
42/100
Giltner Rural Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity C
21 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
21 personnel · 1 station

Giltner Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Giltner, NE (Hamilton County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,256 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,256 of 22,440
  • NE personnel rank #208 of 258
  • 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 5 other listed departments in Hamilton County

Giltner Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

21 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 28002 · Giltner Rural Fire Department, NE 21 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 21
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #16,256
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greeley Fire Depa…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Greeley Fire Department and First Responders, 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Giltner, NE
FDID
28002

Staffing vs the Nebraska average

How Giltner Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #208 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,256 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 17% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
26
NE departments
511

County roster weight

Giltner Rural Fire Department carries 25.0% of Hamilton County HIFLD personnel

Among 6 listed departments (84 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Greeley Fire Department and First Responders, IA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.