Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderVirgil Fire Department
Cortland, NY · Cortland County. Virgil Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 60 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.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Virgil Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the New York average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- 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.
Virgil Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cortland, NY (Cortland County), with 1 station and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,731 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,731 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #461 of 1,368
- 1.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Cortland County
Virgil Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 12010 · Virgil Fire Department, NY 60 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,731
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arcata Fire Prote…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Arcata Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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.
- Virgil (this dept) 60
- High Sea Bright Borough, NJ 60
- Near Arcata Fire Prote…, CA 60
- Near Windsor-Severance…, CO 60
- Near Potosi Fire Prote…, MO 60
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Cortland, NY
- County
- Cortland County
- FDID
- 12010
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | EMW2009FF00080 | $-27,681 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the New York average
How Virgil Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #461 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,731 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 fringe
Virgil Fire Department is 8.3% of Cortland County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 726 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Arcata Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.