Department profile

Volunteer

Califon Boro Fire Company

Califon, NJ · Hunterdon County. Califon Boro Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 total personnel. 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
No
EMS service

The verdict

Califon Boro Fire Company pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the New Jersey average.

Top 26%
national personnel size
+11%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
83/100
Califon Boro 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 A
40 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
40 personnel · 1 station

Califon Boro Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Califon, NJ (Hunterdon 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 #5,910 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #5,910 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #201 of 487
  • 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
  • 21 other listed departments in Hunterdon County

Califon Boro Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

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

40 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 10440 · Califon Boro Fire Company, NJ 40 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 40
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #5,910
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Stoney Creek Volu…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Stoney Creek Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Califon, NJ
FDID
10440

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Califon Boro Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #201 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,910 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 11% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

Califon Boro Fire Company is 4.5% of Hunterdon County roster mass

The county lists 34 departments totaling 895 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 59% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Stoney Creek Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel

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