Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSargent Volunteer Fire Department
Sargent, NE · Custer County. Sargent Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 42 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.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sargent Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Nebraska average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +133%
- 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.
Sargent Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sargent, NE (Custer County), with 1 station and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,596 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,596 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #28 of 258
- 2.38 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Custer County
Sargent Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 04011 · Sargent Volunteer Fire Department, NE 42 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,596
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tri-City Fire Dis…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tri-City Fire District, AZ (+ 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.
- Sargent Volunteer (this dept) 42
- High Angier and Black…, NC 42
- Near Tri-City Fire Dis…, AZ 42
- Near City Newnan, GA 42
- Near Waterford Township, NJ 42
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sargent, NE
- County
- Custer County
- FDID
- 04011
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Sargent Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #28 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,596 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
Custer County HIFLD mix around Sargent Volunteer Fire Department
Custer County: 13 departments, 219 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 85% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tri-City Fire District, AZ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.