Department profile
VolunteerNorth Branch Fire District
North Branch, NY · Sullivan County. North Branch Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 total personnel. 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
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
North Branch Fire District 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.
North Branch Fire District is a Volunteer department serving North Branch, 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 #7,993 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,993 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #1,033 of 1,368
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- 29 other listed departments in Sullivan County
North Branch Fire District 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 NY-NORTH-BRANCH-FIRE-DISTRICT-NY · North Branch Fire District, NY 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #7,993
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Adell-Whitt Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Adell-Whitt Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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.
- North Branch Fire… (this dept) 35
- High Bismarck Fire Pro…, IL 35
- Near Adell-Whitt Volun…, TX 35
- Near Atlanta Texas Fir…, TX 35
- Near Bethalto, IL 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- North Branch, NY
- County
- Sullivan County
Staffing vs the New York average
How North Branch Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #1,033 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,993 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
North Branch Fire District 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: Adell-Whitt Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+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.