Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Romulus Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Romulus, NY · Seneca County. Romulus Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Romulus Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the New York average.

22nd pct.
national personnel size
-52%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
38/100
Romulus Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

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 D
20 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
20 personnel · 1 station

Romulus Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Romulus, NY (Seneca County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,589 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #17,589 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #1,307 of 1,368
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 15 other listed departments in Seneca County

Romulus Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

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

20 Top 78% higher than 22% 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 50011 · Romulus Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NY 20 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #17,589
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dougherty
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Dougherty Fire Department, OK (+ 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
Romulus, NY
FDID
50011

Staffing vs the New York average

How Romulus Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #1,307 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,589 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 52% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

Romulus Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is 3.8% of Seneca County roster mass

The county lists 17 departments totaling 530 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 76% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Dougherty Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel

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