Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGrand Island Rural Fire Department
Grand Island, NE · Hall County. Grand Island Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Grand Island Rural Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Nebraska average.
- Top 35%
- national personnel size
- +94%
- vs. Nebraska average
- 2
- stations
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.
Grand Island Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Grand Island, NE (Hall County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,795 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,795 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #66 of 258
- 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Hall County
Grand Island Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 08005 · Grand Island Rural Fire Department, NE 35 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,795
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Delphi Tri Townsh…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Delphi Tri Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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.
- Grand Island Rural (this dept) 35
- High Newburg Volunteer…, MD 35
- Near Delphi Tri Townsh…, IN 35
- Near Green Ridge Commu…, MO 35
- Near Lawton, MI 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Grand Island, NE
- County
- Hall County
- FDID
- 08005
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Grand Island Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #66 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,795 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 26
- NE departments
- 511
County roster geometry
Hall County HIFLD mix around Grand Island Rural Fire Department
Hall County: 8 departments, 151 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Delphi Tri Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.