Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderIndianola Volunteer Fire Department
Indianola, NE · Red Willow County. Indianola Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Indianola Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Nebraska average.
- Top 46%
- national personnel size
- +67%
- 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.
Indianola Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Indianola, NE (Red Willow County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,276 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,276 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #108 of 258
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Red Willow County
Indianola Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 46% higher than 54% 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 48003 · Indianola Volunteer Fire Department, NE 30 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,276
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Reserve Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Reserve Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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.
- Indianola Volunte… (this dept) 30
- High Pendleton, IN 30
- Near Reserve Volunteer, LA 30
- Near Adams Township Fi…, IN 30
- Near Rural Hill Volunt…, MS 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Indianola, NE
- County
- Red Willow County
- FDID
- 48003
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Indianola Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #108 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,276 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
Indianola Volunteer Fire Department carries 32.6% of Red Willow County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (92 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Reserve Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.