Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCranford Fire Department
Cranford, NJ · Union County. Cranford Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 48 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.
- 48
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cranford Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the New Jersey average.
- Top 19%
- national personnel size
- +33%
- 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.
Cranford Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Cranford, NJ (Union County), with 1 station and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,255 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,255 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #139 of 487
- 2.08 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Union County
Cranford Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 20003 · Cranford Fire Department, NJ 48 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 48
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,255
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Meadowview Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Meadowview Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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.
- Cranford (this dept) 48
- High Constable Volunte…, NY 48
- Near Meadowview Volunt…, VA 48
- Near Haneyville Volunt…, PA 48
- Near San Carlos Park F…, FL 48
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Cranford, NJ
- County
- Union County
- FDID
- 20003
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Cranford Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #139 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,255 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
Cranford Fire Department is 3.7% of Union County roster mass
The county lists 33 departments totaling 1,286 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 82% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 48 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Meadowview Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 48 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.