Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHawthorne Volunteer Fire Department Rescue 5
Hawthorne, NJ · Passaic County. Hawthorne Volunteer Fire Department Rescue 5 is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 143 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.
- 143
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Hawthorne Volunteer Fire Department Rescue 5 pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Jersey average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +297%
- vs. New Jersey average
- 5
- 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 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.
Hawthorne Volunteer Fire Department Rescue 5 is a Volunteer department serving Hawthorne, NJ (Passaic County), with 5 stations and 143 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #460 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #460 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #15 of 487
- 3.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Passaic County
Hawthorne Volunteer Fire Department Rescue 5 vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
143 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 16040 · Hawthorne Volunteer Fire Department Rescue 5, NJ 143 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 143
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #460
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Edwards Air Force…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Edwards Air Force Base Fire Protection Division, CA (+ 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.
- Hawthorne Volunte… (this dept) 143
- High Spokane Valley, WA 143
- Near Edwards Air Force…, CA 143
- Near Lawrence, MA 143
- Near Binghamton, NY 143
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hawthorne, NJ
- County
- Passaic County
- FDID
- 16040
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Hawthorne Volunteer Fire Department Rescue 5's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #15 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #460 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 70
- NJ departments
- 999
County roster geometry
Passaic County HIFLD mix around Hawthorne Volunteer Fire Department Rescue 5
Passaic County: 35 departments, 1,411 personnel (11 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 49% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 143 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Edwards Air Force Base Fire Protection Division, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 143 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.