Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Lackawanna Fire Department

Lackawanna, NY · Erie County. Lackawanna Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 48 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.

48
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

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

Top 19%
national personnel size
+14%
vs. New York average
3
stations
$756,383
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
25/100
Lackawanna 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 D
16 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
48 personnel · 3 stations

Lackawanna Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Lackawanna, NY (Erie County), with 3 stations and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,289 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $756,383.

  • National personnel rank #4,289 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #691 of 1,368
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 99 other listed departments in Erie County

Lackawanna Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 15049 · Lackawanna Fire Department, NY 48 personnel · 3 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 48
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,289
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brosville Communi…
  • FEMA-MID $756K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Brosville Community Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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
Lackawanna, NY
FDID
15049

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2016–2021)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FG-01326 $220,059.04
2016 EMW2014FH00480 $536,324

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

Staffing vs the New York average

How Lackawanna Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #691 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,289 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 14% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

Lackawanna Fire Department is 0.8% of Erie County roster mass

The county lists 128 departments totaling 6,117 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 95% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 48 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Brosville Community Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Akron Volunteer Fire Company
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Bellevue Volunteer Fire Department
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Blasdell Volunteer Fire Department
Blasdell · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 48 personnel

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

Brosville Community Volunteer Fire Department, VA 48 Parsippany Troy Hills Fire Department, NJ 48 Flanders Fire and Rescue, NJ 48 Seward Volunteer Fire Department, NE 48 City of Nogales Fire Department, AZ 48 San Carlos Park Fire Protection and Rescue Service District, FL 48 Cranford Fire Department, NJ 48 Cottleville Community Fire Protection District, MO 48

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Lackawanna Fire Department have?

Lackawanna Fire Department has 48 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 14% above the New York average of 42 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,289 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NY, it ranks #691 of 1,368 by personnel.

Does Lackawanna Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Lackawanna Fire Department operate?

Lackawanna Fire Department operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Lackawanna Fire Department?

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

Has Lackawanna Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Lackawanna Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $756,383.04 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2016–2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

How many fire departments are in New York?

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

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.