Department profile

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Rockville Centre Fire Department

Rockville Centre, NY · Nassau County. Rockville Centre Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 341 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.

341
Total personnel
5
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Rockville Centre Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New York average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+712%
vs. New York average
5
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
95/100
Rockville Centre 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
68.2 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
341 personnel · 5 stations

Rockville Centre Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Rockville Centre, NY (Nassau County), with 5 stations and 341 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #95 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #95 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #4 of 1,368
  • 1.47 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 76 other listed departments in Nassau County

Rockville Centre Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

341 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 30054 · Rockville Centre Fire Department, NY 341 personnel · 5 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 341
  • STA-FEW 5 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #95
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Boone County Fire…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Boone County Fire Protection District, MO (+ 1 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
Rockville Centre, NY
FDID
30054

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2012)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2012 EMW2011FF00467 $-251,131

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

Staffing vs the New York average

How Rockville Centre Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #4 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #95 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 712% above the state average
Stations
5
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

Rockville Centre Fire Department is 4.2% of Nassau County roster mass

The county lists 112 departments totaling 8,153 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

1.47 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 341 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Boone County Fire Protection District, MO (+1 personnel).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 341 personnel

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

Boone County Fire Protection District, MO 342 Danbury Fire Department, CT 338 Huntsville Fire and Rescue, AL 344 Aurora Fire Department, CO 344 Sun Valley Volunteer Fire Company, PA 331 Walker County Emergency Services, GA 354 Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department, PA 327 Colleton County Fire and Rescue, SC 321

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Rockville Centre Fire Department have?

Rockville Centre Fire Department has 341 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 712% above the New York average of 42 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #95 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NY, it ranks #4 of 1,368 by personnel.

Does Rockville Centre Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Rockville Centre Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Rockville Centre Fire Department operate?

Rockville Centre Fire Department operates 5 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Rockville Centre Fire Department?

Rockville Centre Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Nassau County, NY. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Rockville Centre Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Rockville Centre Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $-251,131 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2012 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2012.

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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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.