Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderJefferson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad
Jefferson, NY · Schoharie County. Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 60 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.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the New York average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- 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.
Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department serving Jefferson, NY (Schoharie County), with 1 station and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,630 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,630 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #444 of 1,368
- 1.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Schoharie County
Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 48010 · Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, NY 60 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,630
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tatamy Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tatamy Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Jefferson Volunte… (this dept) 60
- High Upper Gwynedd Tow…, PA 60
- Near Tatamy Volunteer…, PA 60
- Near Paulina Grand Poi…, LA 60
- Near Abington Township…, PA 60
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Jefferson, NY
- County
- Schoharie County
- FDID
- 48010
Staffing vs the New York average
How Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #444 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,630 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 geometry
Schoharie County HIFLD mix around Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad
Schoharie County: 17 departments, 507 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 47% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tatamy Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.