Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWatkins Glen Fire Department
Watkins Glen, NY · Schuyler County. Watkins Glen Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 45 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.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Watkins Glen Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount in line with the New York average.
- Top 23%
- national personnel size
- +7%
- vs. New York average
- 1
- station
- $468,047
- 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.
Watkins Glen Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Watkins Glen, NY (Schuyler County), with 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,061 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $468,047.
- National personnel rank #5,061 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #792 of 1,368
- 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Schuyler County
Watkins Glen Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 49009 · Watkins Glen Fire Department, NY 45 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,061
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Warrior Run Area
- FEMA-LIGHT $468K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Warrior Run Area Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Watkins Glen (this dept) 45
- High Schell-Vista Fire…, CA 45
- Near Warrior Run Area, PA 45
- Near Santa Fe County V…, NM 45
- Near Village of Plover, WI 45
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Watkins Glen, NY
- County
- Schuyler County
- FDID
- 49009
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW2016FO01846 | $183,048 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FV00555 | $285,000 |
| 2009 | EMW2008FF00938 | $-1 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the New York average
How Watkins Glen Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #792 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,061 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 geometry
Schuyler County HIFLD mix around Watkins Glen Fire Department
Schuyler County: 10 departments, 391 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 90% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Warrior Run Area Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.