Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWalden Fire Department
Walden, NY · Orange County. Walden Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 146 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.
- 146
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Walden Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New York average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +248%
- 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.
Walden Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Walden, NY (Orange County), with 2 stations and 146 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #441 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #441 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #56 of 1,368
- 1.37 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 53 other listed departments in Orange County
Walden Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
146 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 36046 · Walden Fire Department, NY 146 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 146
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #441
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ocala Fire and Re…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ocala Fire and Rescue, FL (+ 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.
- Walden (this dept) 146
- High Coral Gables, FL 146
- Near Ocala Fire and Re…, FL 146
- Near Southern Stone Co…, MO 146
- Near Pennsauken, NJ 146
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Walden, NY
- County
- Orange County
- FDID
- 36046
Staffing vs the New York average
How Walden Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #56 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #441 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
Walden Fire Department is 4.0% of Orange County roster mass
The county lists 70 departments totaling 3,642 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 70% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.37 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 146 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ocala Fire and Rescue, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 146 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.