Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Adams Fire Company

North Tonawanda, NY · Niagara County. Adams Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 80 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.

80
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Adams Fire Company pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the New York average.

Top 6%
national personnel size
+90%
vs. New York average
1
station
$1,136,441
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
78/100
Adams Fire Company

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.

Staffing capacity A
80 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment C
$14,206 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
80 personnel · 1 station

Adams Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving North Tonawanda, NY (Niagara County), with 1 station and 80 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,446 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,136,441.

  • National personnel rank #1,446 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #242 of 1,368
  • 1.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 27 other listed departments in Niagara County

Adams Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

80 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 32001 · Adams Fire Company, NY 80 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 80
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,446
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lockport Volunteer
  • FEMA-MID $1.1M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lockport Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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 NY department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
North Tonawanda, NY
FDID
32001

FEMA Grant History

$1.1M
Cumulative funding (FY2019–2022)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FG-05033 $648,362.85
2019 EMW-2019-FG-07078 $488,078.46

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the New York average

How Adams Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #242 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,446 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 90% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

Adams Fire Company is 4.9% of Niagara County roster mass

The county lists 35 departments totaling 1,642 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 91% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

1.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 80 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Lockport Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Gasport Fire Company Incorporated
Gasport · volunteer
Middleport Fire Company Incorporated
Middleport · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 80 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.

Lockport Volunteer Fire Department, LA 80 Fairborn Fire Departmentand Emergency Medical Services, OH 80 Apple Valley Fire Protection District, CA 80 Lancaster Township Fire Department, PA 80 Upper Leacock Fire Company, PA 80 Dodgeville Fire Department, WI 80 Indian River Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, DE 80 Uinta County Fire Protection District - Evanston, WY 80

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Adams Fire Company have?

Adams Fire Company has 80 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 90% above the New York average of 42 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,446 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NY, it ranks #242 of 1,368 by personnel.

Does Adams Fire Company provide EMS services?

Yes, Adams Fire Company provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Adams Fire Company operate?

Adams Fire Company operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Adams Fire Company?

Adams Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Niagara County, NY. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Adams Fire Company received federal grants?

Yes, Adams Fire Company has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,136,441.31 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2019–2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

How many fire departments are in New York?

New York has 2,253 fire departments with 95,272 total personnel. 64% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.