Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMountain Dale Fire Department and First Aid Squad
Mountain Dale, NY · Sullivan County. Mountain Dale Fire Department and First Aid Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mountain Dale Fire Department and First Aid Squad pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount below the New York average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- -17%
- 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.
Mountain Dale Fire Department and First Aid Squad is a Volunteer department serving Mountain Dale, NY (Sullivan County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,973 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,973 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #1,030 of 1,368
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 29 other listed departments in Sullivan County
Mountain Dale Fire Department and First Aid Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 53023 · Mountain Dale Fire Department and First Aid Squad, NY 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,973
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Loranger Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Loranger Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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.
- Mountain Dale Fir… (this dept) 35
- High Austin Emergency…, PA 35
- Near Loranger Volunteer, LA 35
- Near Ellettsville, IN 35
- Near Monticello Volunt…, IA 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mountain Dale, NY
- County
- Sullivan County
- FDID
- 53023
Staffing vs the New York average
How Mountain Dale Fire Department and First Aid Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #1,030 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,973 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
Mountain Dale Fire Department and First Aid Squad is 2.7% of Sullivan County roster mass
The county lists 39 departments totaling 1,284 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 46% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Loranger Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.