Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderTroy Fire Department
Troy, NY · Rensselaer County. Troy Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 122 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.
- 122
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Troy Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New York average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +190%
- vs. New York average
- 6
- stations
- $6,686,526
- 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.
Troy Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Troy, NY (Rensselaer County), with 6 stations and 122 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #660 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $6,686,526.
- National personnel rank #660 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #106 of 1,368
- 4.92 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 42 other listed departments in Rensselaer County
Troy Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
122 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 42039 · Troy Fire Department, NY 122 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 122
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #660
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Meridian
- FEMA-HEAVY $6.7M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Meridian Fire Department, MS (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Troy (this dept) 122
- High Monarch Fire Prot…, MO 122
- Near City of Meridian, MS 122
- Near North Warren Volu…, VA 122
- Near Lakewood Township, NJ 122
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Troy, NY
- County
- Rensselaer County
- FDID
- 42039
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-00977 | $3,688,160 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-01746 | $702,545.45 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-00114 | $399,458 |
| 2017 | EMW2015FH00575 | $972,377 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FO03121 | $508,627 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO02076 | $415,359 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the New York average
How Troy Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #106 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #660 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 150
- NY departments
- 2,253
County roster fringe
Troy Fire Department is 6.4% of Rensselaer County roster mass
The county lists 51 departments totaling 1,899 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 71% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 122 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Meridian Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 122 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.