Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBrookhaven National Laboratory Fire Department
Upton, NY · Suffolk County. Brookhaven National Laboratory Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Brookhaven National Laboratory Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount below the New York average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- -21%
- 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.
Brookhaven National Laboratory Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Upton, NY (Suffolk County), with 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,601 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,601 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #1,069 of 1,368
- 3.03 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 120 other listed departments in Suffolk County
Brookhaven National Laboratory Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 52482 · Brookhaven National Laboratory Fire Department, NY 33 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,601
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brunswick Hills T…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Brunswick Hills Township Fire and Rescue, OH (+ 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.
- Brookhaven Nation… (this dept) 33
- High Converse Voluntee…, IN 33
- Near Brunswick Hills T…, OH 33
- Near Medina Township, OH 33
- Near Oxford Fire Depar…, IA 33
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Upton, NY
- County
- Suffolk County
- FDID
- 52482
Staffing vs the New York average
How Brookhaven National Laboratory Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #1,069 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,601 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
Brookhaven National Laboratory Fire Department is 0.3% of Suffolk County roster mass
The county lists 170 departments totaling 10,983 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 80% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Brunswick Hills Township Fire and Rescue, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.