Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBinghamton Fire Department
Binghamton, NY · Broome County. Binghamton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 143 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.
- 143
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Binghamton Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New York average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +240%
- vs. New York average
- 6
- stations
- $11,823,227
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Binghamton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Binghamton, NY (Broome County), with 6 stations and 143 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #457 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $11,823,227.
- National personnel rank #457 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #59 of 1,368
- 4.20 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 35 other listed departments in Broome County
Binghamton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
143 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 04001 · Binghamton Fire Department, NY 143 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 143
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #457
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Spokane Valley
- FEMA-HEAVY $11.8M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Spokane Valley Fire Department, WA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Binghamton (this dept) 143
- High Lawrence, MA 143
- Near Spokane Valley, WA 143
- Near Carrollton, TX 143
- Near Madison Rural, KS 143
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Binghamton, NY
- County
- Broome County
- FDID
- 04001
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-02226 | $318,309.09 |
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FF-01114 | $1,836,624 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FR-00416 | $417,485 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FO04799 | $292,671 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FH00698 | $1,297,028 |
| 2010 | EMW2009FH00758 | $-34,246 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FH-0075 | $7,695,356 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the New York average
How Binghamton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #59 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #457 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 150
- NY departments
- 2,253
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Broome County
County mix is mostly volunteer (24 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
4.20 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 143 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Spokane Valley Fire Department, WA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 143 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.