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Orient Fire Department

Orient, NY · Suffolk County. Orient Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 48 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.

48
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Orient Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount in line with the New York average.

Top 19%
national personnel size
+14%
vs. New York average
1
station
$833,988
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
77/100
Orient Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity A
48 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment C
$17,375 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
48 personnel · 1 station

Orient Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Orient, NY (Suffolk County), with 1 station and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,321 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $833,988.

  • National personnel rank #4,321 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #697 of 1,368
  • 2.08 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 120 other listed departments in Suffolk County

Orient Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 52082 · Orient Fire Department, NY 48 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 48
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,321
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Yuba Volunteer
  • FEMA-MID $834K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Yuba Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Orient, NY
FDID
52082

FEMA Grant History

$834K
Cumulative funding (FY2014–2019)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2019 EMW-2019-FG-05119 $525,238
2014 EMW2013FV01176 $308,750

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the New York average

How Orient Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #697 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,321 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 14% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

Orient Fire Department is 0.4% of Suffolk County roster mass

The county lists 170 departments totaling 10,983 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 80% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 48 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Yuba Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 48 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.

Yuba Volunteer Fire Department, WI 48 LA Honda Fire Brigade, CA 48 Valley City-Liverpool Township Fire and Rescue, OH 48 Coralville Fire Department, IA 48 Orfordville Fire Protection District, WI 48 Point Township Fire Company, PA 48 Springbrook Volunteer Fire Department, IA 48 Utica Volunteer Fire Department, OH 48

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Orient Fire Department have?

Orient Fire Department has 48 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 14% above the New York average of 42 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,321 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NY, it ranks #697 of 1,368 by personnel.

Does Orient Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Orient Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Orient Fire Department operate?

Orient Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Orient Fire Department?

Orient Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Suffolk County, NY. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Orient Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Orient Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $833,988 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2014–2019 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2019.

How many fire departments are in New York?

New York has 2,253 fire departments with 95,272 total personnel. 64% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.