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Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated

Minerva, NY · Essex County. Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 49 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.

49
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the New York average.

Top 19%
national personnel size
+17%
vs. New York average
2
stations

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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
53/100
Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated

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
24.5 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
49 personnel · 2 stations

Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Minerva, NY (Essex County), with 2 stations and 49 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,187 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,187 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #678 of 1,368
  • 4.08 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 20 other listed departments in Essex County

Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

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

49 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 16028 · Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated, NY 49 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 49
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,187
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ware
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ware Fire Department, MA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Minerva, NY
FDID
16028

Staffing vs the New York average

How Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #678 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,187 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 17% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated is 5.7% of Essex County roster mass

The county lists 28 departments totaling 867 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 86% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 49 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Ware Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 49 personnel

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

Ware Fire Department, MA 49 Menomonie Fire Department, WI 49 Sherborn Fire Rescue Department, MA 49 Turner County Emergency Services, GA 49 Beaver Dam Fire Department, WI 49 Knowles Volunteer Fire Department, WI 49 Brainerd Fire Department, MN 49 Ketchum Fire Department, ID 49

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated have?

Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated has 49 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 17% above the New York average of 42 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,187 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NY, it ranks #678 of 1,368 by personnel.

Does Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated provide EMS services?

Yes, Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated operate?

Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated?

Minerva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Essex County, NY. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

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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