Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service

Lockport, NY · Niagara County. Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 51 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.

51
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the New York average.

Top 17%
national personnel size
+21%
vs. New York average
1
station
$1,308,166
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.

A
PlainFireData Composite Score
84/100
Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service

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 A
51 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 B
$25,650 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
51 personnel · 1 station

Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service is a Career (Paid) department serving Lockport, NY (Niagara County), with 1 station and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,726 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,308,166.

  • National personnel rank #3,726 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #602 of 1,368
  • 1.96 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 27 other listed departments in Niagara County

Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service vs. the national personnel distribution

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

51 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 32009 · Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service, NY 51 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 51
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,726
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ringgold Area Vol…
  • FEMA-MID $1.3M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ringgold Area Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 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
Lockport, NY
FDID
32009

FEMA Grant History

$1.3M
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2017)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW2015FH00428 $848,368
2016 EMW2014FH00865 $212,298
2009 EMW-2009-FV-0367 $247,500

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

Staffing vs the New York average

How Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #602 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,726 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 21% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service is 3.1% of Niagara County roster mass

The county lists 35 departments totaling 1,642 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 91% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

1.96 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 51 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Ringgold Area Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Adams Fire Company
North Tonawanda · volunteer
Gasport Fire Company Incorporated
Gasport · volunteer
Middleport Fire Company Incorporated
Middleport · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 51 personnel

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

Ringgold Area Volunteer Fire Company, PA 51 Dillingham Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, AK 51 Watertown Fire Department, WI 51 Mercersburg-Montgomery-Peters-Warren Volunteer Fire Company, PA 51 City of Manitowoc Fire Department, WI 51 Salinas Rural Fire Protection District, CA 51 Truro Township Fire Department, OH 51 Santa Clara County Fire Department - Saratoga Fire Station, CA 51

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service have?

Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service has 51 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 21% above the New York average of 42 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #3,726 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NY, it ranks #602 of 1,368 by personnel.

Does Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service provide EMS services?

Yes, Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service operate?

Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service?

Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service is a Career (Paid) department serving Niagara County, NY. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service received federal grants?

Yes, Lockport Fire Department / Lockport Ambulance Service has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $1,308,166 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

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