Department profile

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Sylvan Beach Fire Department

Sylvan Beach, NY · Oneida County. Sylvan Beach Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 44 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.

44
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Sylvan Beach Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount in line with the New York average.

Top 23%
national personnel size
+5%
vs. New York average
1
station
$495,238
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
69/100
Sylvan Beach 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
44 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 C
$11,255 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
44 personnel · 1 station

Sylvan Beach Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sylvan Beach, NY (Oneida County), with 1 station and 44 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,209 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $495,238.

  • National personnel rank #5,209 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #807 of 1,368
  • 2.27 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 50 other listed departments in Oneida County

Sylvan Beach Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

44 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 33041 · Sylvan Beach Fire Department, NY 44 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 44
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #5,209
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brookville Volunt…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $495K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Brookville Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Sylvan Beach, NY
FDID
33041

FEMA Grant History

$495K
Cumulative funding (FY2020)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2020 EMW-2020-FG-10531 $495,238.1

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the New York average

How Sylvan Beach Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #807 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,209 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

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

County roster fringe

Sylvan Beach Fire Department is 2.1% of Oneida County roster mass

The county lists 53 departments totaling 2,083 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 83% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.27 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 44 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Brookville Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, PA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Barneveld Fire Department
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Barton Hose Company
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Boonville Fire Company Incorporated
Boonville · volunteer
Bridgewater Fire Company Incorporated
Bridgewater · volunteer
Camden Fire Department Rescue
Camden · volunteer
Cassville Fire Department
Cassville · volunteer
Clark Mills Volunteer Fire Department
Clark Mills · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 44 personnel

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

Brookville Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, PA 44 Ronks Fire Company, PA 44 Vancleave Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station, MS 44 Buck Creek Township Fire Department, IN 44 Spring Valley Township Fire Department, OH 44 Taylor County Fire and Rescue, FL 44 Wellsburg Fire Department Ambulance, IA 44 Sterling Fire Department, MA 44

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Sylvan Beach Fire Department have?

Sylvan Beach Fire Department has 44 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 5% above the New York average of 42 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #5,209 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NY, it ranks #807 of 1,368 by personnel.

Does Sylvan Beach Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Sylvan Beach Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Sylvan Beach Fire Department operate?

Sylvan Beach Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Sylvan Beach Fire Department?

Sylvan Beach Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Oneida County, NY. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Sylvan Beach Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Sylvan Beach Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $495,238.1 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2020 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2020.

How many fire departments are in New York?

New York has 2,253 fire departments with 95,272 total personnel. 64% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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