Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderEphratah Volunteer Fire Department
Saint Johnsville, NY · Fulton County. Ephratah Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ephratah Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the New York average.
- 49th pct.
- national personnel size
- -33%
- vs. New York average
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.
Ephratah Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Saint Johnsville, NY (Fulton County) and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,457 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,457 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #1,171 of 1,368
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Fulton County
Ephratah Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 18004 · Ephratah Volunteer Fire Department, NY 28 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,457
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Carnes Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Carnes Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 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.
- Ephratah Volunteer (this dept) 28
- High Olmsted Falls, OH 28
- Near Carnes Volunteer, MS 28
- Near Marcus Fire Depar…, IA 28
- Near Altoona, WI 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Saint Johnsville, NY
- County
- Fulton County
- FDID
- 18004
Staffing vs the New York average
How Ephratah Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #1,171 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,457 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 150
- NY departments
- 2,253
County roster fringe
Ephratah Volunteer Fire Department is 6.2% of Fulton County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 452 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Carnes Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.