Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Edison Division of Fire

Edison, NJ · Middlesex County. Edison Division of Fire is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 212 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.

212
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Edison Division of Fire pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Jersey average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+489%
vs. New Jersey average
6
stations
$2,145,711
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
78/100
Edison Division of Fire

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.

Staffing capacity B
35.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
212 personnel · 6 stations

Edison Division of Fire is a Career (Paid) department serving Edison, NJ (Middlesex County), with 6 stations and 212 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #203 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,145,711.

  • National personnel rank #203 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #7 of 487
  • 2.83 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 31 other listed departments in Middlesex County

Edison Division of Fire vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

212 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 12005 · Edison Division of Fire, NJ 212 personnel · 6 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 212
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #203
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Charleston
  • FEMA-MID $2.1M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: City of Charleston Fire Department, SC (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Edison, NJ
FDID
12005

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2010–2023)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FG-07003 $188,407.29
2021 EMW-2021-FG-06463 $222,727.28
2012 EMW2012FH00245 $1,392,880
2010 EMW-2010-FO-0094 $341,696

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Edison Division of Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #7 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #203 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 489% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

Edison Division of Fire is 8.7% of Middlesex County roster mass

The county lists 69 departments totaling 2,424 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.83 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 212 roster).

Photo-finish peer: City of Charleston Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 212 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.

City of Charleston Fire Department, SC 212 Wilmington Fire Department, NC 212 High Point Fire Department, NC 212 Brockton Fire Department, MA 212 Lynn Fire Department, MA 213 Peoria Fire Department Fire Central, IL 211 Asheville Fire and Rescue, NC 210 Bellevue Fire Department, WA 214

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Edison Division of Fire have?

Edison Division of Fire has 212 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 489% above the New Jersey average of 36 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #203 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NJ, it ranks #7 of 487 by personnel.

Does Edison Division of Fire provide EMS services?

Yes, Edison Division of Fire provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Edison Division of Fire operate?

Edison Division of Fire operates 6 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Edison Division of Fire?

Edison Division of Fire is a Career (Paid) department serving Middlesex County, NJ. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Edison Division of Fire received federal grants?

Yes, Edison Division of Fire has received 4 FEMA grants totaling $2,145,710.57 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2010–2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

How many fire departments are in New Jersey?

New Jersey has 999 fire departments with 35,948 total personnel. 54% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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