Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderTown of Westerlo Volunteer Fire Company
Westerlo, NY · Albany County. Town of Westerlo Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 80 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.
- 80
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Town of Westerlo Volunteer Fire Company pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the New York average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +90%
- vs. New York average
- 3
- stations
- $417,003
- 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.
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.
Town of Westerlo Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Westerlo, NY (Albany County), with 3 stations and 80 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,515 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $417,003.
- National personnel rank #1,515 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #256 of 1,368
- 3.75 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 43 other listed departments in Albany County
Town of Westerlo Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
80 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 01039 · Town of Westerlo Volunteer Fire Company, NY 80 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 80
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,515
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chepachet
- FEMA-LIGHT $417K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Chepachet Fire Department, RI (+ 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.
- Town of Westerlo… (this dept) 80
- High Bloxom Volunteer…, VA 80
- Near Chepachet, RI 80
- Near Lane Rural Fire a…, OR 80
- Near Warrior, AL 80
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Westerlo, NY
- County
- Albany County
- FDID
- 01039
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | EMW2011FF00083 | $-11,997 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FF-0008 | $429,000 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the New York average
How Town of Westerlo Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #256 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,515 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 150
- NY departments
- 2,253
County roster fringe
Town of Westerlo Volunteer Fire Company is 3.7% of Albany County roster mass
The county lists 57 departments totaling 2,169 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 77% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.75 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 80 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Chepachet Fire Department, RI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 80 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.