Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department

Cassadaga, NY · Chautauqua County. Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 66 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.

66
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the New York average.

Top 9%
national personnel size
+57%
vs. New York average
1
station
$176,848
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
55/100
Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department

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
66 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment F
$2,680 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
66 personnel · 1 station

Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Cassadaga, NY (Chautauqua County), with 1 station and 66 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,128 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $176,848.

  • National personnel rank #2,128 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #353 of 1,368
  • 1.52 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 38 other listed departments in Chautauqua County

Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

66 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 07005 · Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department, NY 66 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 66
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #2,128
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Middlebury Volunt…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $177K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Cassadaga, NY
FDID
07005

FEMA Grant History

$177K
Cumulative funding (FY2023)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FG-06439 $176,848.11

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the New York average

How Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #353 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,128 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 57% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department is 3.3% of Chautauqua County roster mass

The county lists 49 departments totaling 1,973 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 98% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

1.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 66 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 66 personnel

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

Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department, CT 66 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Fire Department, MI 66 Affton Fire Protection District, MO 66 East Bend Volunteer Fire Department, NC 66 Lenoir Fire Department, NC 66 Auburn Rescue - Central Station, ME 66 Highland Park Department of Public Safety, TX 66 Pharr Fire Department, TX 66

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department have?

Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department has 66 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 57% above the New York average of 42 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #2,128 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NY, it ranks #353 of 1,368 by personnel.

Does Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department?

Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Chautauqua County, NY. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $176,848.11 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

How many fire departments are in New York?

New York has 2,253 fire departments with 95,272 total personnel. 64% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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