Department profile
VolunteerPotsdam Fire Department
Potsdam, NY · St Lawrence County. Potsdam Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 54 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 54
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Potsdam Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the New York average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +29%
- 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.
Potsdam Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Potsdam, NY (St Lawrence County), with 1 station and 54 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,373 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,373 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #560 of 1,368
- 1.85 stations per 100 personnel
- 41 other listed departments in St Lawrence County
Potsdam Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
54 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 45036 · Potsdam Fire Department, NY 54 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 54
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,373
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lakes of the Four…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lakes of the Four Seasons Volunteer Fire Force, IN (+ 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.
- Potsdam (this dept) 54
- High Lower Merion Town…, PA 54
- Near Lakes of the Four…, IN 54
- Near Santa Cruz, CA 54
- Near Elkins Park Fire…, PA 54
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Potsdam, NY
- County
- St Lawrence County
- FDID
- 45036
Staffing vs the New York average
How Potsdam Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #560 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,373 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
Potsdam Fire Department is 3.4% of St Lawrence County roster mass
The county lists 43 departments totaling 1,598 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 72% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 54 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lakes of the Four Seasons Volunteer Fire Force, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 54 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.