Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMount Vernon Fire Department
Mount Vernon, NY · Westchester County. Mount Vernon Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 153 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.
- 153
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mount Vernon Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New York average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +264%
- vs. New York average
- 3
- 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.
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.
Mount Vernon Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Mount Vernon, NY (Westchester County), with 3 stations and 153 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #392 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #392 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #49 of 1,368
- 1.96 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 58 other listed departments in Westchester County
Mount Vernon Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
153 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 60032 · Mount Vernon Fire Department, NY 153 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 153
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #392
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Youngstown
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Youngstown Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Mount Vernon (this dept) 153
- High Town of Vernon Vo…, CT 153
- Near City of Youngstown, OH 153
- Near Kenosha, WI 153
- Near Rome, GA 153
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Mount Vernon, NY
- County
- Westchester County
- FDID
- 60032
Staffing vs the New York average
How Mount Vernon Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #49 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #392 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 150
- NY departments
- 2,253
County roster fringe
Mount Vernon Fire Department is 2.7% of Westchester County roster mass
The county lists 94 departments totaling 5,737 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.96 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 153 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Youngstown Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 153 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.