Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

South Bay Volunteer Fire Department

Cicero, NY · Onondaga County. South Bay Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 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.

40
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

South Bay Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the New York average.

Top 28%
national personnel size
-5%
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
83/100
South Bay Volunteer 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
40 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
40 personnel · 1 station

South Bay Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cicero, NY (Onondaga County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,328 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,328 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #911 of 1,368
  • 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 55 other listed departments in Onondaga County

South Bay Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

40 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 34047 · South Bay Volunteer Fire Department, NY 40 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 40
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #6,328
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Camp Crook Commun…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Camp Crook Community Fire Department, SD (+ 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
Cicero, NY
FDID
34047

Staffing vs the New York average

How South Bay Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #911 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,328 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 5% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

South Bay Volunteer Fire Department is 1.5% of Onondaga County roster mass

The county lists 71 departments totaling 2,665 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Camp Crook Community Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel

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