Department profile

Volunteer

Carman Fire Department - Rotterdam 3

Schenectady, NY · Schenectady County. Carman Fire Department - Rotterdam 3 is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 54 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

54
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Carman Fire Department - Rotterdam 3 pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the New York average.

Top 15%
national personnel size
+29%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
92/100
Carman Fire Department - Rotterdam 3

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.

Staffing capacity A
54 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
54 personnel · 1 station

Carman Fire Department - Rotterdam 3 is a Volunteer department serving Schenectady, NY (Schenectady County), with 1 station and 54 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,318 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,318 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #555 of 1,368
  • 1.85 stations per 100 personnel
  • 19 other listed departments in Schenectady County

Carman Fire Department - Rotterdam 3 vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

54 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 47003 · Carman Fire Department - Rotterdam 3, NY 54 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 54
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #3,318
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lower Merion Town…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lower Merion Township Fire Department - Gladwyne Fire Company, PA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Schenectady, NY
FDID
47003

Staffing vs the New York average

How Carman Fire Department - Rotterdam 3's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #555 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,318 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 29% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

Carman Fire Department - Rotterdam 3 is 5.6% 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.

1.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 54 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Lower Merion Township Fire Department - Gladwyne Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.