Department profile

Volunteer

Dutchess Junction Fire District

Beacon, NY · Dutchess County. Dutchess Junction Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

45
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Dutchess Junction Fire District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount in line with the New York average.

Top 21%
national personnel size
+7%
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
89/100
Dutchess Junction Fire District

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
45 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
45 personnel · 1 station

Dutchess Junction Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Beacon, NY (Dutchess County), with 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,796 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,796 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #743 of 1,368
  • 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
  • 44 other listed departments in Dutchess County

Dutchess Junction Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

45 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 14038 · Dutchess Junction Fire District, NY 45 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 45
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #4,796
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fox Lake Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Fox Lake Volunteer 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Beacon, NY
FDID
14038

Staffing vs the New York average

How Dutchess Junction Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #743 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,796 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 7% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

Dutchess Junction Fire District is 2.0% of Dutchess County roster mass

The county lists 53 departments totaling 2,209 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 96% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 45 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Fox Lake Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel

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