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Elwood Volunteer Fire Company

Hammonton, NJ · Atlantic County. Elwood Volunteer Fire Company is a fire department and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Elwood Volunteer Fire Company pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the New Jersey average.

24th pct.
national personnel size
-44%
vs. New Jersey average
$249,546
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
51/100
Elwood Volunteer Fire Company

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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment C
$12,477 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
20 personnel

Elwood Volunteer Fire Company is a fire department serving Hammonton, NJ (Atlantic County) and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,986 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $249,546.

  • National personnel rank #16,986 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #427 of 487
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 30 other listed departments in Atlantic County

Elwood Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

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

20 Top 76% higher than 24% 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 01171 · Elwood Volunteer Fire Company, NJ 20 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #16,986
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Donalds Volunteer
  • FEMA-LIGHT $250K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Donalds Volunteer Fire Department, SC (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NJ department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Hammonton, NJ
FDID
01171

FEMA Grant History

$250K
Cumulative funding (FY2015)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2015 EMW2014FR00195 $249,546

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

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Elwood Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #427 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,986 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 44% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

Elwood Volunteer Fire Company is 1.2% of Atlantic County roster mass

The county lists 54 departments totaling 1,633 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 59% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Donalds Volunteer Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide departments near 20 personnel

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

Donalds Volunteer Fire Department, SC 20 Edgewood Volunteer Fire Department, SC 20 Albany International Airport Fire Department, NY 20 Royalton Township Volunteer Fire Department, MI 20

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Elwood Volunteer Fire Company have?

Elwood Volunteer Fire Company has 20 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 44% below the New Jersey average of 36 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #16,986 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NJ, it ranks #427 of 487 by personnel.

Does Elwood Volunteer Fire Company provide EMS services?

Yes, Elwood Volunteer Fire Company provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Elwood Volunteer Fire Company operate?

Station count data for Elwood Volunteer Fire Company is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Elwood Volunteer Fire Company?

Elwood Volunteer Fire Company is a fire department serving Atlantic County, NJ.

Has Elwood Volunteer Fire Company received federal grants?

Yes, Elwood Volunteer Fire Company has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $249,546 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2015 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2015.

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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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.