Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Elizabeth Fire Department

Elizabeth, NJ · Union County. Elizabeth Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 264 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.

264
Total personnel
7
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Elizabeth Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Jersey average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+633%
vs. New Jersey average
7
stations

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
PlainFireData Composite Score
80/100
Elizabeth Fire Department

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 A
37.7 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
264 personnel · 7 stations

Elizabeth Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Elizabeth, NJ (Union County), with 7 stations and 264 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #142 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #142 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #5 of 487
  • 2.65 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 22 other listed departments in Union County

Elizabeth Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

264 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 20004 · Elizabeth Fire Department, NJ 264 personnel · 7 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 264
  • STA-MULTI 7 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #142
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Santa Barbara Cou…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Santa Barbara County Fire Department, CA (+ 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
CAREER
Location
Elizabeth, NJ
FDID
20004

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Elizabeth Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #5 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #142 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 633% above the state average
Stations
7
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster geometry

Union County HIFLD mix around Elizabeth Fire Department

Union County: 33 departments, 1,286 personnel (8 volunteer / 11 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 82% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.65 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 264 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Santa Barbara County Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide career peers near 264 personnel

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