Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBig Tree Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated
Blasdell, NY · Erie County. Big Tree Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 75 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.
- 75
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Big Tree Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the New York average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +79%
- 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.
Big Tree Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Blasdell, NY (Erie County), with 2 stations and 75 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,647 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,647 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #276 of 1,368
- 2.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 99 other listed departments in Erie County
Big Tree Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
75 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 15006 · Big Tree Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, NY 75 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 75
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,647
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Queen Annes Count…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Queen Annes County Fire Department / Sudlersville Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+ 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.
- Big Tree Voluntee… (this dept) 75
- High Aberdeen Fire Dep…, MD 75
- Near Queen Annes Count…, MD 75
- Near Howard County, MD 75
- Near City of Evans, CO 75
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Blasdell, NY
- County
- Erie County
- FDID
- 15006
Staffing vs the New York average
How Big Tree Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #276 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,647 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
Big Tree Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated is 1.2% 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.
2.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 75 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Queen Annes County Fire Department / Sudlersville Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 75 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.