Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWest Point Fire Department / West Point Rescue Squad
West Point, NE · Cuming County. West Point Fire Department / West Point Rescue Squad 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
West Point Fire Department / West Point Rescue Squad 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.
West Point Fire Department / West Point Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department serving West Point, NE (Cuming 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 #9,797 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,797 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #99 of 258
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Cuming County
West Point Fire Department / West Point Rescue Squad 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 24003 · West Point Fire Department / West Point Rescue Squad, 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 #9,797
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Poplar Springs Vo…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Poplar Springs Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 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.
- West Point Fire D… (this dept) 31
- High Logan City, WV 31
- Near Poplar Springs Vo…, KY 31
- Near Afton Volunteer, WY 31
- Near Simpsonville Fire…, SC 31
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Point, NE
- County
- Cuming County
- FDID
- 24003
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How West Point Fire Department / West Point Rescue Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #99 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,797 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
West Point Fire Department / West Point Rescue Squad carries 36.9% of Cuming County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (84 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 75% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Poplar Springs Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+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.