Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderEast Worcester Fire Department and Emergency Squad
East Worcester, NY · Otsego County. East Worcester Fire Department and Emergency Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
East Worcester Fire Department and Emergency Squad pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount below the New York average.
- Top 39%
- national personnel size
- -21%
- 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 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.
East Worcester Fire Department and Emergency Squad is a Volunteer department serving East Worcester, NY (Otsego County), with 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,659 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,659 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #1,072 of 1,368
- 3.03 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 28 other listed departments in Otsego County
East Worcester Fire Department and Emergency Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 39003 · East Worcester Fire Department and Emergency Squad, NY 33 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,659
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ephraim Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ephraim Volunteer Fire Department, UT (+ 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.
- East Worcester Fi… (this dept) 33
- High Town of Peshtigo, WI 33
- Near Ephraim Volunteer, UT 33
- Near Greenawalds Fire…, PA 33
- Near Lexington, TN 33
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- East Worcester, NY
- County
- Otsego County
- FDID
- 39003
Staffing vs the New York average
How East Worcester Fire Department and Emergency Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #1,072 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,659 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 150
- NY departments
- 2,253
County roster fringe
East Worcester Fire Department and Emergency Squad is 3.9% of Otsego County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 839 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 90% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ephraim Volunteer Fire Department, UT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.