Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPilger Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad
Pilger, NE · Stanton County. Pilger Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 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.
- 17
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pilger Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Nebraska average.
- 14th pct.
- national personnel size
- -6%
- 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.
Pilger Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department serving Pilger, NE (Stanton County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,277 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,277 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #242 of 258
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 2 other listed departments in Stanton County
Pilger Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
17 Top 86% higher than 14% 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 53001 · Pilger Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, NE 17 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,277
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Douglas City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Douglas City 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.
- Pilger Volunteer… (this dept) 17
- High Rhea Hollene Volu…, TX 17
- Near Douglas City, CA 17
- Near Onslow Fire Depar…, IA 17
- Near Columbia Township…, OH 17
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pilger, NE
- County
- Stanton County
- FDID
- 53001
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Pilger Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #242 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,277 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
Pilger Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad carries 32.7% of Stanton County HIFLD personnel
Among 3 listed departments (52 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Douglas City Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.