Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderVarick Volunteer Fire Department
Romulus, NY · Seneca County. Varick Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 18 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.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Varick Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the New York average.
- 16th pct.
- national personnel size
- -57%
- 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.
Varick Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Romulus, NY (Seneca County), with 2 stations and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,915 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,915 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #1,324 of 1,368
- 11.11 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Seneca County
Varick Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 84% higher than 16% 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 50014 · Varick Volunteer Fire Department, NY 18 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #18,915
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Butte-Larose Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Butte-Larose Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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.
- Varick Volunteer (this dept) 18
- High Baxter, IA 18
- Near Butte-Larose Volu…, LA 18
- Near Longino Central V…, MS 18
- Near Polk Township Vol…, IN 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Romulus, NY
- County
- Seneca County
- FDID
- 50014
Staffing vs the New York average
How Varick Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #1,324 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,915 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
Varick Volunteer Fire Department is 3.4% of Seneca County roster mass
The county lists 17 departments totaling 530 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 76% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
11.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Butte-Larose Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.