Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderChatham Borough Fire Department
Chatham, NJ · Morris County. Chatham Borough Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 67 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.
- 67
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Chatham Borough Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the New Jersey average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +86%
- 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.
Chatham Borough Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Chatham, NJ (Morris County), with 1 station and 67 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,078 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,078 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #68 of 487
- 1.49 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 42 other listed departments in Morris County
Chatham Borough Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
67 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 14040 · Chatham Borough Fire Department, NJ 67 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 67
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,078
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Dunn Fire Di…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Dunn Fire District, ND (+ 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.
- Chatham Borough (this dept) 67
- High Estero Fire Rescue, FL 67
- Near West Dunn Fire Di…, ND 67
- Near Southern Manatee…, FL 67
- Near City of Ketchikan, AK 67
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Chatham, NJ
- County
- Morris County
- FDID
- 14040
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Chatham Borough Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #68 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,078 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
Chatham Borough Fire Department is 2.2% of Morris County roster mass
The county lists 79 departments totaling 3,086 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 56% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.49 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 67 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Dunn Fire District, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 67 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.