Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAlden Hook and Ladder Fire Company
Alden, NY · Erie County. Alden Hook and Ladder Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 85 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.
- 85
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Alden Hook and Ladder Fire Company pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New York average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +102%
- vs. New York average
- 2
- stations
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.
Alden Hook and Ladder Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Alden, NY (Erie County), with 2 stations and 85 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,288 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,288 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #219 of 1,368
- 2.35 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 99 other listed departments in Erie County
Alden Hook and Ladder Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
85 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 15002 · Alden Hook and Ladder Fire Company, NY 85 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 85
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,288
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eatontown
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Eatontown Fire Department, NJ (+ 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.
- Alden Hook and La… (this dept) 85
- High Dahlonega-Lumpkin…, GA 85
- Near Eatontown, NJ 85
- Near Newton, NJ 85
- Near Danielson, CT 85
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Alden, NY
- County
- Erie County
- FDID
- 15002
Staffing vs the New York average
How Alden Hook and Ladder Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #219 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,288 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 150
- NY departments
- 2,253
County roster fringe
Alden Hook and Ladder Fire Company is 1.4% of Erie County roster mass
The county lists 128 departments totaling 6,117 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 95% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 85 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Eatontown Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 85 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.