Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Smyrna Fire Department

Smyrna, NY · Chenango County. Smyrna Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 46 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.

46
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

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

Top 21%
national personnel size
+10%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
90/100
Smyrna 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
46 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
46 personnel · 1 station

Smyrna Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Smyrna, NY (Chenango County), with 1 station and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,676 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,676 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #726 of 1,368
  • 2.17 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 20 other listed departments in Chenango County

Smyrna Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 09018 · Smyrna Fire Department, NY 46 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 46
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,676
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Georgetown
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Georgetown Fire Department, CA (+ 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
Smyrna, NY
FDID
09018

Staffing vs the New York average

How Smyrna Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #726 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,676 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 10% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

Smyrna Fire Department is 5.2% of Chenango County roster mass

The county lists 21 departments totaling 877 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 95% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 46 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Georgetown Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel

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