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Aura Volunteer Fire Company

Monroeville, NJ · Gloucester County. Aura Volunteer Fire Company is a fire department and 25 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.

25
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Aura Volunteer Fire Company pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the New Jersey average.

42nd pct.
national personnel size
-31%
vs. New Jersey average
$380,952
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
56/100
Aura Volunteer Fire Company

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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment C
$15,238 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
25 personnel

Aura Volunteer Fire Company is a fire department serving Monroeville, NJ (Gloucester County) and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,033 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $380,952.

  • National personnel rank #13,033 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #379 of 487
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 32 other listed departments in Gloucester County

Aura Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

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

25 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 08391 · Aura Volunteer Fire Company, NJ 25 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #13,033
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wing Fire Protect…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $381K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Wing Fire Protection District, ND (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NJ department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Monroeville, NJ
FDID
08391

FEMA Grant History

$381K
Cumulative funding (FY2023)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FG-08103 $380,952.38

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Aura Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #379 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,033 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 31% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

Aura Volunteer Fire Company is 1.6% of Gloucester County roster mass

The county lists 44 departments totaling 1,521 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 45% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Wing Fire Protection District, ND (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Barnsboro Volunteer Fire Company
Sewell · volunteer
Colonial Manor Fire Association
Woodbury · volunteer
Ewan Volunteer Fire Company
Mullica Hill · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 25 personnel

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

Wing Fire Protection District, ND 25 Central Polk County Fire and Rescue, MO 25 North Hyde Park/Eden Fire Department, VT 25 Cedar Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department, MI 25

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Aura Volunteer Fire Company have?

Aura Volunteer Fire Company has 25 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 31% below the New Jersey average of 36 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #13,033 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NJ, it ranks #379 of 487 by personnel.

Does Aura Volunteer Fire Company provide EMS services?

Yes, Aura Volunteer Fire Company provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Aura Volunteer Fire Company operate?

Station count data for Aura Volunteer Fire Company is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Aura Volunteer Fire Company?

Aura Volunteer Fire Company is a fire department serving Gloucester County, NJ.

Has Aura Volunteer Fire Company received federal grants?

Yes, Aura Volunteer Fire Company has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $380,952.38 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

How many fire departments are in New Jersey?

New Jersey has 999 fire departments with 35,948 total personnel. 54% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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