Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSkenesborough Volunteer Fire Company
Whitehall, NY · Washington County. Skenesborough Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Skenesborough Volunteer Fire Company pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the New York average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- -40%
- 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.
Skenesborough Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Whitehall, NY (Washington County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,985 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,985 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #1,240 of 1,368
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 25 other listed departments in Washington County
Skenesborough Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 58025 · Skenesborough Volunteer Fire Company, NY 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,985
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grant
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Grant Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Skenesborough Vol… (this dept) 25
- High Eldredsville Volu…, PA 25
- Near Grant, WI 25
- Near Chesterhill Volun…, OH 25
- Near Mullins Cove Volu…, TN 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Whitehall, NY
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- 58025
Staffing vs the New York average
How Skenesborough Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #1,240 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,985 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
Skenesborough Volunteer Fire Company is 2.7% of Washington County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 942 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 74% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Grant Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.