Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRidgeway Volunteer Fire Company
Medina, NY · Orleans County. Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 40 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.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the New York average.
- Top 28%
- national personnel size
- -5%
- 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.
Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Medina, NY (Orleans County), with 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,279 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,279 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #904 of 1,368
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Orleans County
Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 37013 · Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company, NY 40 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,279
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Volant Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Volant Volunteer Fire Company, 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.
- Ridgeway Voluntee… (this dept) 40
- High Bellingham, MN 40
- Near Volant Volunteer…, PA 40
- Near Northeast Lamar F…, MS 40
- Near Hickory Township…, PA 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Medina, NY
- County
- Orleans County
- FDID
- 37013
Staffing vs the New York average
How Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #904 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,279 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
Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company is 6.6% of Orleans County roster mass
The county lists 13 departments totaling 607 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Volant Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.