Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSomers Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated
Katonah, NY · Westchester County. Somers Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 135 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.
- 135
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Somers Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New York average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +221%
- vs. New York average
- 4
- 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.
Somers Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Katonah, NY (Westchester County), with 4 stations and 135 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #525 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #525 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #73 of 1,368
- 2.96 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 58 other listed departments in Westchester County
Somers Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
135 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 60049 · Somers Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NY 135 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 135
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #525
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Somerset Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Somerset Volunteer Fire Department, 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.
- Somers Volunteer… (this dept) 135
- High Ohio Township Fir…, IN 135
- Near Somerset Volunteer, PA 135
- Near Camp Pendleton, CA 135
- Near Chula Vista, CA 135
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Katonah, NY
- County
- Westchester County
- FDID
- 60049
Staffing vs the New York average
How Somers Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #73 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #525 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 150
- NY departments
- 2,253
County roster fringe
Somers Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is 2.4% of Westchester County roster mass
The county lists 94 departments totaling 5,737 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.96 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 135 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Somerset Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 135 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.