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Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department

Rensselaer Falls, NY · St Lawrence County. Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 44 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.

44
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount in line with the New York average.

Top 23%
national personnel size
+5%
vs. New York average
1
station
$237,090
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
57/100
Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity A
44 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment F
$5,388 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
44 personnel · 1 station

Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Rensselaer Falls, NY (St Lawrence County), with 1 station and 44 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,182 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $237,090.

  • National personnel rank #5,182 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #804 of 1,368
  • 2.27 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 41 other listed departments in St Lawrence County

Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

44 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 45040 · Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department, NY 44 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 44
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #5,182
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Flatwoods Volunte…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $237K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Rensselaer Falls, NY
FDID
45040

FEMA Grant History

$237K
Cumulative funding (FY2012–2024)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FF-00374 $237,090
2013 EMW2012FH00773 $-624,308
2012 EMW2011FH00068 $624,308

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the New York average

How Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #804 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,182 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 5% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department is 2.8% 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.

2.27 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 44 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 44 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.

Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department, KY 44 Shiocton-Bovina Fire Department, WI 44 Fredonia Volunteer Fire Department, PA 44 Stewart Fire Department, MN 44 North Webster Tippecanoe Township Fire Department, IN 44 Dresser-Osceola-Garfield Fire Association - Dresser Station, WI 44 Plymouth Fire Department, IN 44 Williams Volunteer Fire Department, MN 44

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department have?

Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department has 44 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 5% above the New York average of 42 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #5,182 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NY, it ranks #804 of 1,368 by personnel.

Does Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department?

Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving St Lawrence County, NY. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $237,090 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2012–2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

How many fire departments are in New York?

New York has 2,253 fire departments with 95,272 total personnel. 64% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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