Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Johnson City Fire Department

Johnson City, NY · Broome County. Johnson City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 46 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.

46
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Johnson City Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount in line with the New York average.

Top 21%
national personnel size
+10%
vs. New York average
2
stations
$1,818,463
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
64/100
Johnson City 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 C
23 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 A
$39,532 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
46 personnel · 2 stations

Johnson City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Johnson City, NY (Broome County), with 2 stations and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,611 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,818,463.

  • National personnel rank #4,611 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #716 of 1,368
  • 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 35 other listed departments in Broome County

Johnson City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

46 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 04018 · Johnson City Fire Department, NY 46 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 46
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,611
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rattlesnake Fire…
  • FEMA-MID $1.8M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Rattlesnake Fire Protection District, CO (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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
CAREER
Location
Johnson City, NY
FDID
04018

FEMA Grant History

$1.8M
Cumulative funding (FY2010–2020)
5
Awards
Year Award Amount
2020 EMW-2020-FF-01512 $923,214.48
2017 EMW2015FH00532 $797,990
2016 EMW2015FO00914 $170,120
2012 EMW2012FH00745 $1,259,490
2010 EMW2009FH01041 $-1,332,351

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the New York average

How Johnson City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #716 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,611 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 10% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

Johnson City Fire Department is 4.0% of Broome County roster mass

The county lists 42 departments totaling 1,157 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 46 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Rattlesnake Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).

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Chenango Fire Company Incorporated
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Chenango Forks Fire Department
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Choconut Center Volunteer Fire Company
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East Maine Fire Company Incorporated
Johnson City · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 46 personnel

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

Rattlesnake Fire Protection District, CO 46 Alamance Fire Department, NC 46 Colfax Volunteer Fire Department, NC 46 Donald Wescott Fire Protection District, CO 46 Boulder City Fire Department, NV 46 Alcoa Fire Department, TN 46 Fort Payne Fire and Rescue, AL 46 Harrison Fire Department, AR 46

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Johnson City Fire Department have?

Johnson City Fire Department has 46 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 10% above the New York average of 42 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,611 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NY, it ranks #716 of 1,368 by personnel.

Does Johnson City Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Johnson City Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Johnson City Fire Department operate?

Johnson City Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Johnson City Fire Department?

Johnson City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Broome County, NY. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Johnson City Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Johnson City Fire Department has received 5 FEMA grants totaling $1,818,463.48 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2010–2020 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2020.

How many fire departments are in New York?

New York has 2,253 fire departments with 95,272 total personnel. 64% are volunteer departments.

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