Department profile

Volunteer

West Leyden Fire Company Incorporated

West Leyden, NY · Lewis County. West Leyden Fire Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 59 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

59
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

West Leyden Fire Company Incorporated pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the New York average.

Top 12%
national personnel size
+40%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
93/100
West Leyden Fire Company Incorporated

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.

Staffing capacity A
59 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
59 personnel · 1 station

West Leyden Fire Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving West Leyden, NY (Lewis County), with 1 station and 59 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,801 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #2,801 of 22,440
  • NY personnel rank #477 of 1,368
  • 1.69 stations per 100 personnel
  • 13 other listed departments in Lewis County

West Leyden Fire Company Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

59 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 25014 · West Leyden Fire Company Incorporated, NY 59 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 59
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #2,801
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Big Creek Volunte…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue, KY (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
West Leyden, NY
FDID
25014

Staffing vs the New York average

How West Leyden Fire Company Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #477 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,801 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 40% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
150
NY departments
2,253

County roster fringe

West Leyden Fire Company Incorporated is 9.9% of Lewis County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 597 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 71% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

1.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 59 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue, KY (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.