New York Fire Department Personnel

Personnel (fire department membership) numbers vary by region, by state and even by county. Recruiting is critical to fire department success, see National Volunteer Fire Council’s Make Me a Firefighter and National Volunteer Fire Council’s Recruiting Resources. Check out how your department’s numbers compare to those around you, to see how your recruitment and retention investments are fairing.

This information is based solely upon fire departments that have registered with the National Fire Service Registry. If you have not registered your fire department, please do so, it is free and contributes to a complete picture of the fire services. Check out some Quick Facts from the registry.

Department Type

NOTE: In the USFA National Fire Service Registry data for New York there is 1 department NOT classified, and so NOT included in these statistics. Departments should register as Career, Mostly Career, Volunteer or Mostly Volunteer but we do not have it for this 1 department .

Volunteer Departments of New York

Here are the average numbers of volunteer firefighters for each county within New York, as well as the maximum and minimum numbers for that county.

County	# Volunteer Departments	Average Firefighters	Highest #	Lowest #
Albany	34	49	123	16
Allegany	23	47	166	14
Bronx	3	24	30	15
Broome	29	36	125	13
Cattaraugus	31	36	65	15
Cayuga	24	33	60	12
Chautauqua	36	40	68	–
Chemung	18	32	54	12
Chenango	20	34	75	15
Clinton	21	37	55	15
Columbia	26	41	133	18
Cortland	11	53	140	19
Delaware	24	48	108	8
Dutchess	33	69	350	20
Erie	87	60	400	–
Essex	23	33	67	15
Franklin	17	39	70	15
Fulton	14	37	56	20
Genesee	15	49	75	18
Greene	20	40	100	1
Hamilton	8	27	40	17
Herkimer	19	42	143	18
Jefferson	36	38	90	18
Kings	1	18	–	–
Lewis	13	48	80	27
Livingston	19	49	95	15
Madison	22	35	80	5
Monroe	30	69	185	25
Montgomery	16	30	58	13
Nassau	67	132	330	9
New York	15	89	300	24
Niagara	23	50	100	–
Oneida	41	44	106	20
Onondaga	47	45	120	14
Ontario	25	35	87	17
Orange	44	69	305	20
Orleans	10	48	65	20
Oswego	26	39	65	20
Otsego	24	35	59	15
Putnam	12	64	120	35
Queens	3	45	63	35
Rensselaer	39	36	90	12
Richmond	1	21	–	–
Rockland	22	82	175	23
Saint Lawrence	36	40	72	–
Saratoga	27	56	180	29
Schenectady	20	37	86	9
Schoharie	13	35	50	19
Schuyler	12	31	45	10
Seneca	12	30	60	12
Steuben	35	33	75	6
Suffolk	101	102	240	15
Sullivan	36	34	100	–
Tioga	13	47	125	20
Tompkins	14	40	70	15
Ulster	40	42	160	–
Unspecified County	1	45	–	–
Warren	18	31	60	10
Washington	21	36	65	21
Wayne	26	42	150	15
Westchester	45	95	455	21
Wyoming	19	40	79	–
Yates	9	40	70	20

Career Departments of New York

Here are the average numbers of career firefighters for each county within New York, as well as the maximum and minimum numbers for that county.

County	# Career Departments	Average Firefighters	Highest #	Lowest #
Albany	6	61	260	7
Broome	4	55	132	8
Cattaraugus	2	29	43	15
Cayuga	2	43	74	12
Chautauqua	3	33	55	4
Chemung	2	35	56	14
Clinton	2	29	37	20
Cortland	1	67	–	–
Dutchess	3	61	108	15
Erie	7	131	735	9
Fulton	2	27	29	25
Greene	1	30	–	–
Herkimer	2	24	28	20
Jefferson	2	69	70	68
Kings	1	10482	–	–
Madison	1	24	–	–
Monroe	4	184	501	47
Montgomery	1	33	–	–
Nassau	1	56	–	–
New York	3	43	75	16
Niagara	4	77	133	49
Oneida	2	106	127	84
Onondaga	1	391	–	–
Ontario	2	24	31	16
Orange	2	50	56	43
Orleans	1	29	–	–
Oswego	2	53	66	39
Otsego	1	46	–	–
Rensselaer	1	119	–	–
Richmond	1	18	–	–
Saint Lawrence	1	29	–	–
Saratoga	1	56	–	–
Schenectady	4	58	120	29
Steuben	3	28	35	16
Suffolk	4	19	30	13
Tompkins	2	44	79	8
Ulster	1	77	–	–
Warren	1	38	–	–
Wayne	2	46	60	31
Westchester	11	108	450	10

Department Types of New York

Here are the department types by county for volunteer and career agencies in for New York.

Looking for NFIRS FDIDs?

Here are the fire department identifiers (FDIDs) for agencies within New York. NFIRS FDIDs are required for submitting NFIRS reports with mutual aid or automatic aid with those departments.

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