Department profile
VolunteerHelmetta Volunteer Fire Department
Helmetta, NJ · Middlesex County. Helmetta Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Helmetta Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the New Jersey average.
- 40th pct.
- national personnel size
- -31%
- vs. New Jersey average
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.
Helmetta Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Helmetta, NJ (Middlesex County) and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,493 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,493 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #389 of 487
- 31 other listed departments in Middlesex County
Helmetta Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 60% higher than 40% 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 12006 · Helmetta Volunteer Fire Department, NJ 25 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #13,493
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Crofton Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Crofton Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 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.
- Helmetta Volunteer (this dept) 25
- High Randolph County E…, GA 25
- Near Crofton Volunteer, NE 25
- Near Aredale, IA 25
- Near Nelson Volunteer…, OK 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Helmetta, NJ
- County
- Middlesex County
- FDID
- 12006
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Helmetta Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #389 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,493 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 70
- NJ departments
- 999
County roster fringe
Helmetta Volunteer Fire Department is 1.0% 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.
Photo-finish peer: Crofton Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.