Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSyracuse Volunteer Fire Department
Syracuse, NE · Otoe County. Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 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.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Nebraska average.
- Top 44%
- national personnel size
- +72%
- 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.
Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Syracuse, NE (Otoe County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,767 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,767 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #98 of 258
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Otoe County
Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 44% higher than 56% 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 11007 · Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department, NE 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,767
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Slackwood Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Slackwood Volunteer Fire Company, NJ (+ 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.
- Syracuse Volunteer (this dept) 31
- High Bumpass Volunteer, VA 31
- Near Slackwood Volunte…, NJ 31
- Near Garrett County, MD 31
- Near Portage, WI 31
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Syracuse, NE
- County
- Otoe County
- FDID
- 11007
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #98 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,767 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
Otoe County HIFLD mix around Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department
Otoe County: 8 departments, 190 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 88% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Slackwood Volunteer Fire Company, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.