Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAndover Borough Fire Department
Andover, NJ · Sussex County. Andover Borough Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 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.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Andover Borough Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the New Jersey average.
- 19th pct.
- national personnel size
- -50%
- vs. New Jersey 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.
Andover Borough Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Andover, NJ (Sussex County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,268 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,268 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #453 of 487
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 27 other listed departments in Sussex County
Andover Borough Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 81% higher than 19% 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 19010 · Andover Borough Fire Department, NJ 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #18,268
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saint Henry Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Saint Henry Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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 NJ department.
- Andover Borough (this dept) 18
- High Warner Brothers S…, CA 18
- Near Saint Henry Volun…, IN 18
- Near Indian Falls, NY 18
- Near Bluff Creek Volun…, LA 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Andover, NJ
- County
- Sussex County
- FDID
- 19010
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Andover Borough Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #453 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,268 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 70
- NJ departments
- 999
County roster fringe
Andover Borough Fire Department is 1.8% of Sussex County roster mass
The county lists 38 departments totaling 990 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 47% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Saint Henry Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.