Department profile
VolunteerCarlstadt Fire Department
Carlstadt, NJ · Bergen County. Carlstadt Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 75 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 75
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Carlstadt Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Jersey average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +108%
- vs. New Jersey average
- 2
- stations
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.
Carlstadt Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Carlstadt, NJ (Bergen County), with 2 stations and 75 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,651 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,651 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #50 of 487
- 2.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 64 other listed departments in Bergen County
Carlstadt Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
75 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 02050 · Carlstadt Fire Department, NJ 75 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 75
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #1,651
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Back Creek Valley…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Back Creek Valley Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Carlstadt (this dept) 75
- High Gumtree Fire and…, NC 75
- Near Back Creek Valley…, WV 75
- Near Bethel Park Volun…, PA 75
- Near North Kingstown, RI 75
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Carlstadt, NJ
- County
- Bergen County
- FDID
- 02050
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Carlstadt Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #50 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,651 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 70
- NJ departments
- 999
County roster fringe
Carlstadt Fire Department is 2.0% of Bergen County roster mass
The county lists 103 departments totaling 3,763 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 23% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 75 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Back Creek Valley Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 75 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.