Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPlainview Fire Department
Plainview, NY · Nassau County. Plainview Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 155 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.
- 155
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Plainview Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New York average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +269%
- vs. New York average
- 3
- stations
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.
Plainview Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Plainview, NY (Nassau County), with 3 stations and 155 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #383 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #383 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #46 of 1,368
- 1.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 76 other listed departments in Nassau County
Plainview Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
155 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 30050 · Plainview Fire Department, NY 155 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 155
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #383
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Washington Townsh…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Washington Township Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, 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.
- Plainview (this dept) 155
- High Denton, TX 155
- Near Washington Townsh…, OH 155
- Near Racine, WI 155
- Low Indianapolis Moto…, IN 154
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Plainview, NY
- County
- Nassau County
- FDID
- 30050
Staffing vs the New York average
How Plainview Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #46 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #383 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 150
- NY departments
- 2,253
County roster fringe
Plainview Fire Department is 1.9% of Nassau County roster mass
The county lists 112 departments totaling 8,153 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 155 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Washington Township Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 155 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.