Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

East Islip Fire Department

East Islip, NY · Suffolk County. East Islip Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 112 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.

112
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

East Islip Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New York average.

Top 3%
national personnel size
+167%
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
100/100
East Islip 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
112 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
112 personnel · 1 station

East Islip Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving East Islip, NY (Suffolk County), with 1 station and 112 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #767 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #767 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #127 of 1,368
  • 0.89 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 120 other listed departments in Suffolk County

East Islip Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

112 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 52030 · East Islip Fire Department, NY 112 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-MID 112
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #767
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jackson Township
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Jackson Township Fire Department, OH (+ 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
East Islip, NY
FDID
52030

Staffing vs the New York average

How East Islip Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #127 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #767 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 167% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

East Islip Fire Department is 1.0% 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.

0.89 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 112 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Jackson Township Fire Department, OH (+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.