Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSouth Schenectady Fire Department
Schenectady, NY · Schenectady County. South Schenectady Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 101 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.
- 101
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South Schenectady Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New York average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +140%
- 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 Schenectady Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Schenectady, NY (Schenectady County), with 1 station and 101 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #916 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #916 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #153 of 1,368
- 0.99 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Schenectady County
South Schenectady Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
101 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 47026 · South Schenectady Fire Department, NY 101 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 101
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #916
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Muskogee
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Muskogee Fire Department, OK (+ 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 Schenectady (this dept) 101
- High Fayetteville, AR 101
- Near Muskogee, OK 101
- Near City of Bloomingt…, IN 101
- Near Ventura City, CA 101
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Schenectady, NY
- County
- Schenectady County
- FDID
- 47026
Staffing vs the New York average
How South Schenectady Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #153 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #916 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 geometry
Schenectady County HIFLD mix around South Schenectady Fire Department
Schenectady County: 27 departments, 971 personnel (19 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 89% of departments. County / state rollup.
0.99 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 101 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Muskogee Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 101 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.