Department profile
VolunteerPoland Fire Department
Poland, NY · Herkimer County. Poland Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 52 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Poland Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the New York average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +24%
- vs. New York average
- 2
- 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.
Poland Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Poland, NY (Herkimer County), with 2 stations and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,636 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,636 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #592 of 1,368
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- 21 other listed departments in Herkimer County
Poland Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 22017 · Poland Fire Department, NY 52 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,636
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Marcus Hook-Train…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Marcus Hook-Trainer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Poland (this dept) 52
- High Espy Fire Company, PA 52
- Near Marcus Hook-Train…, PA 52
- Near Summit, NJ 52
- Near Cape Saint Claire…, MD 52
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Poland, NY
- County
- Herkimer County
- FDID
- 22017
Staffing vs the New York average
How Poland Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #592 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,636 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
Poland Fire Department is 6.0% of Herkimer County roster mass
The county lists 25 departments totaling 870 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Marcus Hook-Trainer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.