Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderKenesaw Volunteer Fire Department
Kenesaw, NE · Adams County. Kenesaw Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Kenesaw Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Nebraska average.
- Top 33%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- 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.
Kenesaw Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Kenesaw, NE (Adams County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,344 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,344 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #50 of 258
- 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Adams County
Kenesaw Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 14005 · Kenesaw Volunteer Fire Department, NE 36 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,344
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Big Pine
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Big Pine Fire Department, 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.
- Kenesaw Volunteer (this dept) 36
- High Dry Fork Volunteer, VA 36
- Near Big Pine, CA 36
- Near Manning City Fire…, IA 36
- Near Theresa Volunteer, WI 36
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Kenesaw, NE
- County
- Adams County
- FDID
- 14005
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Kenesaw Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #50 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,344 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 26
- NE departments
- 511
County roster geometry
Adams County HIFLD mix around Kenesaw Volunteer Fire Department
Adams County: 7 departments, 167 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Big Pine Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.