Department profile
VolunteerSouth Fallsburg Fire Department
South Fallsburg, NY · Sullivan County. South Fallsburg Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
South Fallsburg 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
- 2
- 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.
South Fallsburg Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving South Fallsburg, NY (Sullivan County), with 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,329 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,329 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #912 of 1,368
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 29 other listed departments in Sullivan County
South Fallsburg 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 53031 · South Fallsburg Fire Department, NY 40 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #6,329
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bean Blossom Town…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bean Blossom Township-Stinesville Fire Department, IN (+ 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 Fallsburg (this dept) 40
- High Lafayette Townshi…, OH 40
- Near Bean Blossom Town…, IN 40
- Near Pomeroy, OH 40
- Near Racine Volunteer, OH 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- South Fallsburg, NY
- County
- Sullivan County
- FDID
- 53031
Staffing vs the New York average
How South Fallsburg Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #912 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,329 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 150
- NY departments
- 2,253
County roster fringe
South Fallsburg Fire Department is 3.1% of Sullivan County roster mass
The county lists 39 departments totaling 1,284 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 46% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bean Blossom Township-Stinesville Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.