Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Brigantine Fire Department

Brigantine, NJ · Atlantic County. Brigantine Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 38 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.

38
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Brigantine Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the New Jersey average.

Top 30%
national personnel size
+6%
vs. New Jersey average
1
station
$467,828
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
67/100
Brigantine Fire Department

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
38 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment C
$12,311 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
38 personnel · 1 station

Brigantine Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Brigantine, NJ (Atlantic County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,672 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $467,828.

  • National personnel rank #6,672 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #240 of 487
  • 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 30 other listed departments in Atlantic County

Brigantine Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 01031 · Brigantine Fire Department, NJ 38 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 38
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #6,672
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Verdoy Fire Distr…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $468K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Verdoy Fire District, NY (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Brigantine, NJ
FDID
01031

FEMA Grant History

$468K
Cumulative funding (FY2013–2015)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2015 EMW2014FO02140 $267,453
2013 EMW2012FO03282 $200,375

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

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Brigantine Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #240 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,672 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 6% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

Brigantine Fire Department is 2.3% of Atlantic County roster mass

The county lists 54 departments totaling 1,633 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 59% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Verdoy Fire District, NY (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Atlantic City Fire Department
Atlantic City · career
Collings Lakes Volunteer Fire Department
Williamstown · volunteer
Dorothy Volunteer Fire Company
Dorothy · volunteer
Egg Harbor City Fire Department
Egg Harbor City · volunteer
Elwood Volunteer Fire Company
Hammonton · other
Estell Manor Volunteer Fire Company
Estell Manor · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 38 personnel

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

Verdoy Fire District, NY 38 Church Point Volunteer Fire Department, LA 38 Brandon Fire Department, SD 38 Corriganville Volunteer Fire Department, MD 38 Daphne Fire Department, AL 38 Enterprise Fire Department - Central Station, AL 38 City of Orange Fire Department, TX 38 Corsicana Fire Department - Central Station, TX 38

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Brigantine Fire Department have?

Brigantine Fire Department has 38 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 6% above the New Jersey average of 36 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #6,672 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NJ, it ranks #240 of 487 by personnel.

Does Brigantine Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Brigantine Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Brigantine Fire Department operate?

Brigantine Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Brigantine Fire Department?

Brigantine Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Atlantic County, NJ. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Brigantine Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Brigantine Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $467,828 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2013–2015 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2015.

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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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.