Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPort Jefferson Fire Department
Port Jefferson, NY · Suffolk County. Port Jefferson Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 108 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.
- 108
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Port Jefferson Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New York average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +157%
- 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 Jefferson Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Port Jefferson, NY (Suffolk County), with 1 station and 108 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #808 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #808 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #138 of 1,368
- 0.93 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 120 other listed departments in Suffolk County
Port Jefferson Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
108 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 52086 · Port Jefferson Fire Department, NY 108 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 108
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #808
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oregon
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Oregon 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.
- Port Jefferson (this dept) 108
- High City of Harlingen, TX 108
- Near Oregon, OH 108
- Near City of Bartlett, TN 108
- Near Billings, MT 108
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Port Jefferson, NY
- County
- Suffolk County
- FDID
- 52086
Staffing vs the New York average
How Port Jefferson Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #138 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #808 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 Jefferson Fire Department is 1.0% 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.
0.93 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 108 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Oregon Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 108 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.