Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNelson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Services
Nelson, NE · Nuckolls County. Nelson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Nelson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Services pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Nebraska average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- +78%
- 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.
Nelson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Services is a Volunteer department serving Nelson, NE (Nuckolls County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,224 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,224 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #90 of 258
- 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Nuckolls County
Nelson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 42003 · Nelson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Services, NE 32 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,224
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Carpinteria-Summe…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District, 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.
- Nelson Volunteer… (this dept) 32
- High Ludlow Volunteer, PA 32
- Near Carpinteria-Summe…, CA 32
- Near Hilltop Volunteer…, PA 32
- Near Abrams Volunteer, WI 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Nelson, NE
- County
- Nuckolls County
- FDID
- 42003
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Nelson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #90 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,224 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
Nelson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Services carries 38.1% of Nuckolls County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (84 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.