Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorth Syracuse Fire Department
North Syracuse, NY · Onondaga County. North Syracuse Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 47 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.
- 47
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Syracuse Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount in line with the New York average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +12%
- vs. New York average
- 2
- stations
- $14,230,986
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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 Syracuse Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving North Syracuse, NY (Onondaga County), with 2 stations and 47 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,490 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $14,230,986.
- National personnel rank #4,490 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #708 of 1,368
- 4.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 55 other listed departments in Onondaga County
North Syracuse Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 34037 · North Syracuse Fire Department, NY 47 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 47
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,490
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Florida-Flatrock…
- FEMA-HEAVY $14.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Florida-Flatrock Township Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+ 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 Syracuse (this dept) 47
- High Columbia 1, PA 47
- Near Florida-Flatrock…, OH 47
- Near Pechanga, CA 47
- Near Route 504 Volunte…, KY 47
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- North Syracuse, NY
- County
- Onondaga County
- FDID
- 34037
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FF-00947 | $7,595,180 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-01604 | $918,953.79 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FF-00730 | $3,237,125.28 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-03281 | $488,195 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FH00617 | $1,991,532 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the New York average
How North Syracuse Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #708 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,490 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 150
- NY departments
- 2,253
County roster fringe
North Syracuse Fire Department is 1.8% of Onondaga County roster mass
The county lists 71 departments totaling 2,665 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 47 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Florida-Flatrock Township Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 47 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.