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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.

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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 36 49 123 16
Allegany 25 45 166 14
Bronx 3 24 30 15
Broome 29 35 125 9
Cattaraugus 33 35 65 15
Cayuga 24 32 60 12
Chautauqua 36 38 68 -
Chemung 19 30 54 12
Chenango 20 32 65 15
Clinton 23 36 55 15
Columbia 26 37 133 11
Cortland 11 50 140 15
Delaware 24 47 108 6
Dutchess 33 67 350 20
Erie 91 56 400 -
Essex 23 31 67 14
Franklin 18 37 70 15
Fulton 15 36 56 20
Genesee 15 49 75 18
Greene 20 39 100 1
Hamilton 8 27 40 17
Herkimer 19 42 143 18
Jefferson 37 38 90 15
Kings 1 18 - -
Lewis 13 49 80 27
Livingston 19 47 76 15
Madison 22 33 80 5
Monroe 31 65 185 20
Montgomery 17 30 58 13
Nassau 67 128 330 9
New York 15 89 300 24
Niagara 26 47 79 29
Oneida 46 42 106 20
Onondaga 47 43 100 14
Ontario 25 38 110 17
Orange 44 68 305 25
Orleans 10 48 65 20
Oswego 26 36 65 15
Otsego 26 35 59 15
Putnam 13 67 149 35
Queens 3 39 45 35
Rensselaer 40 36 90 12
Richmond 1 21 - -
Rockland 23 78 175 23
Saint Lawrence 37 39 72 -
Saratoga 28 55 180 29
Schenectady 21 34 86 9
Schoharie 13 32 50 14
Schuyler 13 29 45 10
Seneca 14 29 60 12
Steuben 35 32 75 6
Suffolk 103 102 250 24
Sullivan 37 34 100 -
Tioga 13 41 95 14
Tompkins 14 40 70 15
Ulster 40 41 130 -
Unspecified County 1 45 - -
Warren 19 31 60 10
Washington 21 33 65 17
Wayne 27 41 150 13
Westchester 45 95 455 18
Wyoming 20 38 76 -
Yates 9 39 70 20
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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 7 89 260 7
Broome 4 46 117 8
Cattaraugus 2 30 39 20
Cayuga 2 54 74 33
Chautauqua 3 33 55 4
Chemung 2 35 56 14
Clinton 2 29 38 20
Cortland 1 67 - -
Dutchess 4 56 105 15
Erie 6 148 735 9
Fulton 2 27 29 25
Genesee 1 37 - -
Greene 1 30 - -
Herkimer 2 24 28 19
Jefferson 2 69 70 68
Kings 1 10482 - -
Madison 1 25 - -
Monroe 6 148 483 47
Montgomery 1 33 - -
Nassau 1 56 - -
New York 3 43 75 16
Niagara 5 71 134 49
Oneida 2 105 132 77
Onondaga 1 391 - -
Ontario 3 22 31 16
Orange 2 50 56 43
Orleans 1 25 - -
Oswego 2 44 48 39
Otsego 1 30 - -
Rensselaer 1 119 - -
Richmond 1 18 - -
Saint Lawrence 1 29 - -
Saratoga 1 56 - -
Schenectady 5 50 120 19
Steuben 3 28 35 16
Suffolk 4 19 30 13
Tompkins 2 44 79 8
Ulster 1 59 - -
Warren 1 38 - -
Wayne 2 46 60 31
Westchester 12 98 450 10

Department Types of New York

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

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