Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Bayonne Fire Department
Bayonne, NJ · Hudson County. City of Bayonne Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 180 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.
- 180
- Total personnel
- 7
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Bayonne Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Jersey average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +400%
- vs. New Jersey average
- 7
- stations
- $8,192,881
- 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.
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.
City of Bayonne Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Bayonne, NJ (Hudson County), with 7 stations and 180 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #281 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $8,192,881.
- National personnel rank #281 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #8 of 487
- 3.89 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Hudson County
City of Bayonne Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
180 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 09001 · City of Bayonne Fire Department, NJ 180 personnel · 7 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 180
- STA-MULTI 7 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #281
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Reedy Creek Emerg…
- FEMA-HEAVY $8.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Reedy Creek Emergency Services, FL (+ 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.
- City of Bayonne (this dept) 180
- High Cedarburg Volunte…, WI 180
- Near Reedy Creek Emerg…, FL 180
- Near Spangler Fire Com…, PA 180
- Near Salisbury, MD 180
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Bayonne, NJ
- County
- Hudson County
- FDID
- 09001
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-18246 | $213,077.27 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO04777 | $266,186 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FH00162 | $97,990 |
| 2012 | EMW-2012-FH-0016 | $2,730,780 |
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FO-0870 | $176,000 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FC-0484 | $4,708,848 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How City of Bayonne Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #8 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #281 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 7
- State fire deaths/yr
- 70
- NJ departments
- 999
County roster geometry
Hudson County HIFLD mix around City of Bayonne Fire Department
Hudson County: 16 departments, 1,047 personnel (2 volunteer / 5 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.89 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 180 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Reedy Creek Emergency Services, FL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 180 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.