Department profile
VolunteerDelaware-Water Gap Fire Department
Delaware Water Gap, PA · Monroe County. Delaware-Water Gap Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Delaware-Water Gap Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Pennsylvania average.
- 41st pct.
- national personnel size
- -29%
- vs. Pennsylvania 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.
Delaware-Water Gap Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Delaware Water Gap, PA (Monroe County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,275 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,275 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #1,047 of 1,275
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Monroe County
Delaware-Water Gap Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 45026 · Delaware-Water Gap Fire Department, PA 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #13,275
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nicholville Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Nicholville Fire Company, NY (+ 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 PA department.
- Delaware-Water Gap (this dept) 25
- High Peel Volunteer, AR 25
- Near Nicholville Fire…, NY 25
- Near Texama Fire Distr…, OK 25
- Near Degrasse Clare an…, NY 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Delaware Water Gap, PA
- County
- Monroe County
- FDID
- 45026
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Delaware-Water Gap Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,047 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,275 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
Delaware-Water Gap Fire Department is 2.6% of Monroe County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 964 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 41% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Nicholville Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.