Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRalston Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated
Ralston, NE · Douglas County. Ralston Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ralston Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Nebraska average.
- Top 33%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- 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.
Ralston Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Ralston, NE (Douglas County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,446 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,446 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #53 of 258
- 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Douglas County
Ralston Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 01007 · Ralston Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated, NE 36 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,446
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aspers Fire and E…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Aspers Fire and Emergency Medical Services, PA (+ 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.
- Ralston Volunteer… (this dept) 36
- High Shallotte Point V…, NC 36
- Near Aspers Fire and E…, PA 36
- Near Monroe Volunteer, IN 36
- Near Tichnor Fire Stat…, AR 36
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ralston, NE
- County
- Douglas County
- FDID
- 01007
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Ralston Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #53 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,446 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 26
- NE departments
- 511
County roster fringe
Ralston Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated is 3.9% of Douglas County roster mass
The county lists 10 departments totaling 929 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Aspers Fire and Emergency Medical Services, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.