Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPort Byron Fire Department
Port Byron, NY · Cayuga County. Port Byron Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Port Byron Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the New York average.
- Top 33%
- national personnel size
- -14%
- 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.
Port Byron Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Port Byron, NY (Cayuga County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,439 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,439 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #987 of 1,368
- 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 29 other listed departments in Cayuga County
Port Byron Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 06019 · Port Byron Fire Department, NY 36 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,439
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kinterbish - Brun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kinterbish - Brunson Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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.
- Port Byron (this dept) 36
- High Prague Volunteer, NE 36
- Near Kinterbish - Brun…, AL 36
- Near Matthews Volunteer, NC 36
- Near Yutan Volunteer, NE 36
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Port Byron, NY
- County
- Cayuga County
- FDID
- 06019
Staffing vs the New York average
How Port Byron Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #987 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,439 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
Port Byron Fire Department is 4.0% of Cayuga County roster mass
The county lists 33 departments totaling 907 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kinterbish - Brunson Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.