Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSoutheast Rural Fire District - South Station
Lincoln, NE · Lancaster County. Southeast Rural Fire District - South Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Southeast Rural Fire District - South Station pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Nebraska average.
- Top 48%
- national personnel size
- +67%
- vs. Nebraska average
- 2
- stations
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.
Southeast Rural Fire District - South Station is a Volunteer department serving Lincoln, NE (Lancaster County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,726 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,726 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #121 of 258
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Lancaster County
Southeast Rural Fire District - South Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 48% higher than 52% 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 02010 · Southeast Rural Fire District - South Station, NE 30 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,726
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oakdale
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Oakdale Fire Department, LA (+ 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.
- Southeast Rural F… (this dept) 30
- High Bland County Volu…, VA 30
- Near Oakdale, LA 30
- Near Huntertown Volunt…, IN 30
- Near Jacinto Volunteer, MS 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lincoln, NE
- County
- Lancaster County
- FDID
- 02010
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Southeast Rural Fire District - South Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #121 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,726 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 26
- NE departments
- 511
County roster fringe
Southeast Rural Fire District - South Station is 5.8% of Lancaster County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 518 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Oakdale Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.