Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Salamanca Fire Department

Salamanca, NY · Cattaraugus County. City of Salamanca Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Salamanca Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the New York average.

25th pct.
national personnel size
-52%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
38/100
City of Salamanca 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 D
20 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
20 personnel · 1 station

City of Salamanca Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Salamanca, NY (Cattaraugus County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,853 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,853 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #1,298 of 1,368
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 40 other listed departments in Cattaraugus County

City of Salamanca Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

20 Top 75% higher than 25% 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 05028 · City of Salamanca Fire Department, NY 20 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #16,853
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eastgate Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Eastgate Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+ 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
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Salamanca, NY
FDID
05028

Staffing vs the New York average

How City of Salamanca Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #1,298 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,853 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 52% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

City of Salamanca Fire Department is 1.6% of Cattaraugus County roster mass

The county lists 42 departments totaling 1,264 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 95% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Eastgate Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide career peers near 20 personnel

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