Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBeukendal Fire Department
Scotia, NY · Schenectady County. Beukendal Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 60 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.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Beukendal Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the New York average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- 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.
Beukendal Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Scotia, NY (Schenectady County), with 2 stations and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,558 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,558 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #420 of 1,368
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Schenectady County
Beukendal Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 47002 · Beukendal Fire Department, NY 60 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,558
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Paulina Grand Poi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Paulina Grand Point Belmont Volunteer Fire Department - Hester Station, 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.
- Beukendal (this dept) 60
- High Red Hill Fire Com…, PA 60
- Near Paulina Grand Poi…, LA 60
- Near Abington Township…, PA 60
- Near Upper Gwynedd Tow…, PA 60
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Scotia, NY
- County
- Schenectady County
- FDID
- 47002
Staffing vs the New York average
How Beukendal Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #420 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,558 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
Beukendal Fire Department is 6.2% of Schenectady County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 971 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Paulina Grand Point Belmont Volunteer Fire Department - Hester Station, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.