Department profile
VolunteerStella Rural Fire Department
Stella, NE · Richardson County. Stella Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Stella Rural Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Nebraska average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- +94%
- 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.
Stella Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Stella, NE (Richardson County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,134 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,134 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #71 of 258
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Richardson County
Stella Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 19008 · Stella Rural Fire Department, NE 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #8,134
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aurora Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Aurora Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Stella Rural (this dept) 35
- High Pochuck Valley, NJ 35
- Near Aurora Volunteer, WI 35
- Near Franklin, NJ 35
- Near Rosemount, MN 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Stella, NE
- County
- Richardson County
- FDID
- 19008
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Stella Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #71 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,134 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
Stella Rural Fire Department carries 25.9% of Richardson County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (135 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Aurora Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.