Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWorcester Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad
Worcester, NY · Otsego County. Worcester Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 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.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Worcester Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the New York average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- -5%
- 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.
Worcester Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad is a Volunteer department serving Worcester, NY (Otsego County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,436 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,436 of 22,440
- NY personnel rank #926 of 1,368
- 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 28 other listed departments in Otsego County
Worcester Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 39028 · Worcester Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad, NY 40 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,436
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ New Tripoli Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: New Tripoli Volunteer Fire Company, 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.
- Worcester Volunte… (this dept) 40
- High Big Timber Volunt…, MT 40
- Near New Tripoli Volun…, PA 40
- Near Madison Township…, IN 40
- Near Interior Volunteer, SD 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Worcester, NY
- County
- Otsego County
- FDID
- 39028
Staffing vs the New York average
How Worcester Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in New York. In-state it ranks #926 of 1,368 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,436 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
Worcester Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad is 4.8% of Otsego County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 839 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 90% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: New Tripoli Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NY department.