Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMilford Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad
Milford, NY · Otsego County. Milford Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 45 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.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Milford Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount in line with the New York average.
- Top 22%
- national personnel size
- +7%
- 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.
Milford Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad is a Volunteer department serving Milford, NY (Otsego County), with 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,916 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,916 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #768 of 1,368
- 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 28 other listed departments in Otsego County
Milford Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 22% higher than 78% 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 39012 · Milford Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad, NY 45 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,916
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Woodbridge Fire P…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Woodbridge Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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.
- Milford Volunteer… (this dept) 45
- High Franklin County, KY 45
- Near Woodbridge Fire P…, CA 45
- Near Wahpeton Fire Dep…, ND 45
- Near Germania Hose Com…, PA 45
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Milford, NY
- County
- Otsego County
- FDID
- 39012
Staffing vs the New York average
How Milford Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #768 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,916 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 fringe
Milford Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad is 5.4% of Otsego County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 839 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 90% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Woodbridge Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.