Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBallston Spa Fire Department - Union Station
Ballston Spa, NY · Saratoga County. Ballston Spa Fire Department - Union Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 140 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.
- 140
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ballston Spa Fire Department - Union Station pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New York average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +233%
- 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.
Ballston Spa Fire Department - Union Station is a Volunteer department serving Ballston Spa, NY (Saratoga County), with 2 stations and 140 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #474 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #474 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #62 of 1,368
- 1.43 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 35 other listed departments in Saratoga County
Ballston Spa Fire Department - Union Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
140 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 46003 · Ballston Spa Fire Department - Union Station, NY 140 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 140
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #474
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Montgomery Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Montgomery Volunteer 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.
- Ballston Spa Fire… (this dept) 140
- High Saipan Internatio…, MP 140
- Near Montgomery Volunt…, PA 140
- Near Sugarloaf Fire Co…, PA 140
- Near Erlanger Fire and…, KY 140
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ballston Spa, NY
- County
- Saratoga County
- FDID
- 46003
Staffing vs the New York average
How Ballston Spa Fire Department - Union Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #62 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #474 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
Ballston Spa Fire Department - Union Station is 7.7% of Saratoga County roster mass
The county lists 47 departments totaling 1,821 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.43 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 140 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Montgomery Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 140 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.