Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderOverton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
Overton, NE · Dawson County. Overton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 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.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Overton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Nebraska average.
- 7th pct.
- national personnel size
- -22%
- 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.
Overton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Overton, NE (Dawson County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,866 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,866 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #253 of 258
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Dawson County
Overton 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
14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 18006 · Overton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, NE 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,866
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Anthonyville Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Anthonyville Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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.
- Overton Volunteer… (this dept) 14
- High Crockett Mills Vo…, TN 14
- Near Anthonyville Volu…, AR 14
- Near Big Cabin Volunte…, OK 14
- Near Ridgeville Volunt…, SC 14
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Overton, NE
- County
- Dawson County
- FDID
- 18006
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Overton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #253 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,866 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
Dawson County HIFLD mix around Overton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
Dawson County: 7 departments, 101 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 71% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Anthonyville Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.