Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Apalachin Fire Department

Apalachin, NY · Tioga County. Apalachin Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 95 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.

95
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Apalachin Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New York average.

Top 5%
national personnel size
+126%
vs. New York average
3
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
71/100
Apalachin Fire Department

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 B
31.7 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
95 personnel · 3 stations

Apalachin Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Apalachin, NY (Tioga County), with 3 stations and 95 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,040 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,040 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #170 of 1,368
  • 3.16 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 16 other listed departments in Tioga County

Apalachin Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

95 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 54001 · Apalachin Fire Department, NY 95 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 95
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,040
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rescue Hook and L…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Rescue Hook and Ladder Fire Company, PA (+ 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
Apalachin, NY
FDID
54001

Staffing vs the New York average

How Apalachin Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #170 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,040 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 126% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster geometry

Tioga County HIFLD mix around Apalachin Fire Department

Tioga County: 19 departments, 890 personnel (11 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 47% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.16 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 95 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Rescue Hook and Ladder Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 95 personnel

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