Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNebraska City Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
Nebraska City, NE · Otoe County. Nebraska City Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 46 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.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Nebraska City Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Nebraska average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +156%
- 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.
Nebraska City Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Nebraska City, NE (Otoe County), with 1 station and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,637 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,637 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #23 of 258
- 2.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Otoe County
Nebraska City Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 11004 · Nebraska City Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, NE 46 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,637
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Syracuse
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Syracuse Fire Department, UT (+ 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.
- Nebraska City Vol… (this dept) 46
- High Stecoah Rescue Sq…, NC 46
- Near Syracuse, UT 46
- Near Orange, MA 46
- Near Covington, GA 46
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Nebraska City, NE
- County
- Otoe County
- FDID
- 11004
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Nebraska City Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #23 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,637 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
Otoe County HIFLD mix around Nebraska City Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
Otoe County: 8 departments, 190 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 88% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Syracuse Fire Department, UT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.