Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSouth Dayton Volunteer Fire Department
South Dayton, NY · Cattaraugus County. South Dayton Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 66 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.
- 66
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South Dayton Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the New York average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +57%
- 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.
South Dayton Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving South Dayton, NY (Cattaraugus County), with 1 station and 66 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,159 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,159 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #358 of 1,368
- 1.52 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 40 other listed departments in Cattaraugus County
South Dayton Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
66 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 05029 · South Dayton Volunteer Fire Department, NY 66 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 66
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Middlebury Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+ 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.
- South Dayton Volu… (this dept) 66
- High Chaffee County Fi…, CO 66
- Near Middlebury Volunt…, CT 66
- Near Welcome Fire and…, NC 66
- Near Detroit Metropoli…, MI 66
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- South Dayton, NY
- County
- Cattaraugus County
- FDID
- 05029
Staffing vs the New York average
How South Dayton Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #358 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,159 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
South Dayton Volunteer Fire Department is 5.2% of Cattaraugus County roster mass
The county lists 42 departments totaling 1,264 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 95% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 66 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 66 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.