Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWinside Volunteer Fire Department
Winside, NE · Wayne County. Winside Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Winside Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Nebraska average.
- 37th pct.
- national personnel size
- +39%
- 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.
Winside Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Winside, NE (Wayne County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,177 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,177 of 22,440
- NE personnel rank #170 of 258
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Wayne County
Winside Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 63% higher than 37% 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 27004 · Winside Volunteer Fire Department, NE 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,177
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pond Creek Fire a…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pond Creek Fire and Ambulance, OK (+ 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.
- Winside Volunteer (this dept) 25
- High Leonardsville, NY 25
- Near Pond Creek Fire a…, OK 25
- Near Smithwick Volunte…, SD 25
- Near Alma Center Volun…, WI 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Winside, NE
- County
- Wayne County
- FDID
- 27004
Staffing vs the Nebraska average
How Winside Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nebraska. In-state it ranks #170 of 258 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,177 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
Winside Volunteer Fire Department carries 29.4% of Wayne County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (85 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 75% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pond Creek Fire and Ambulance, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NE department.