Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNewark Fire Department
Newark, NY · Wayne County. Newark Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 150 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.
- 150
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Newark Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New York average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +257%
- 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.
Newark Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Newark, NY (Wayne County), with 1 station and 150 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #416 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #416 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #53 of 1,368
- 0.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 29 other listed departments in Wayne County
Newark Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
150 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 59011 · Newark Fire Department, NY 150 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 150
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #416
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Yellowstone Natio…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Yellowstone National Park Fire Department, WY (+ 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.
- Newark (this dept) 150
- High Kennedy Space Cen…, FL 150
- Near Yellowstone Natio…, WY 150
- Near Ontario, CA 150
- Near City of Burbank, CA 150
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Newark, NY
- County
- Wayne County
- FDID
- 59011
Staffing vs the New York average
How Newark Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #53 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #416 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 geometry
Wayne County HIFLD mix around Newark Fire Department
Wayne County: 30 departments, 1,191 personnel (21 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 87% of departments. County / state rollup.
0.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 150 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Yellowstone National Park Fire Department, WY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 150 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.