Department profile
VolunteerPlattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department
Plattsmouth, NE · Cass County. Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Nebraska average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +111%
- 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.
Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Plattsmouth, NE (Cass County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,833 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,833 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #47 of 258
- 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Cass County
Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 20012 · Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department, NE 38 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #6,833
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jewett
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Jewett Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Plattsmouth Volun… (this dept) 38
- High Mendota Heights, MN 38
- Near Jewett, NY 38
- Near Osolo Township, IN 38
- Near Vernon Township V…, PA 38
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Plattsmouth, NE
- County
- Cass County
- FDID
- 20012
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #47 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,833 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
Cass County HIFLD mix around Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department
Cass County: 15 departments, 185 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 60% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Jewett Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.