Department profile
VolunteerBlack River Fire Department
Black River, NY · Jefferson County. Black River Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Black River Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the New York average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- -12%
- vs. New York average
- 1
- station
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.
Black River Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Black River, NY (Jefferson County), with 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,938 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,938 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #966 of 1,368
- 2.70 stations per 100 personnel
- 48 other listed departments in Jefferson County
Black River Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 23006 · Black River Fire Department, NY 37 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #6,938
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ New Glarus
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: New Glarus Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Black River (this dept) 37
- High Harpeth Ridge Vol…, TN 37
- Near New Glarus, WI 37
- Near Chapmanville Volu…, WV 37
- Near Duncan Chapel, SC 37
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Black River, NY
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 23006
Staffing vs the New York average
How Black River Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #966 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,938 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 150
- NY departments
- 2,253
County roster fringe
Black River Fire Department is 2.5% of Jefferson County roster mass
The county lists 56 departments totaling 1,484 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 70% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: New Glarus Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.