Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFredon Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services
Newton, NJ · Sussex County. Fredon Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 22 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.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fredon Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the New Jersey average.
- 30th pct.
- national personnel size
- -39%
- 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.
Fredon Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Newton, NJ (Sussex County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,623 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,623 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #414 of 487
- 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 27 other listed departments in Sussex County
Fredon Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 70% higher than 30% 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 19154 · Fredon Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services, NJ 22 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #15,623
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Trenton
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Trenton Fire Department, SC (+ 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 NJ department.
- Fredon Volunteer… (this dept) 22
- High Woodland Volunteer, LA 22
- Near Trenton, SC 22
- Near Homestead Volunte…, WI 22
- Near Norwood Volunteer, LA 22
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Newton, NJ
- County
- Sussex County
- FDID
- 19154
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Fredon Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #414 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,623 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
Fredon Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services is 2.2% of Sussex County roster mass
The county lists 38 departments totaling 990 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 47% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Trenton Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.