Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderVista Fire Department Incorporated
South Salem, NY · Westchester County. Vista Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department and 41 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.
- 41
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Vista Fire Department Incorporated pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the New York average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- -2%
- vs. New York average
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.
Vista Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving South Salem, NY (Westchester County) and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,806 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,806 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #863 of 1,368
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 58 other listed departments in Westchester County
Vista Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 60056 · Vista Fire Department Incorporated, NY 41 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,806
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Papillion
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Papillion Fire Department, NE (+ 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.
- Vista Fire Depart… (this dept) 41
- High Spring Green Fire…, WI 41
- Near Papillion, NE 41
- Near Pembroke, NH 41
- Near Fergus Falls, MN 41
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- South Salem, NY
- County
- Westchester County
- FDID
- 60056
Staffing vs the New York average
How Vista Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #863 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,806 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 150
- NY departments
- 2,253
County roster fringe
Vista Fire Department Incorporated is 0.7% of Westchester County roster mass
The county lists 94 departments totaling 5,737 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Papillion Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.