Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHopewell Fire Department and Emergency Medical Unit
Hopewell, NJ · Mercer County. Hopewell Fire Department and Emergency Medical Unit is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 47 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.
- 47
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Hopewell Fire Department and Emergency Medical Unit pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the New Jersey average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +31%
- 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.
Hopewell Fire Department and Emergency Medical Unit is a Volunteer department serving Hopewell, NJ (Mercer County), with 1 station and 47 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,456 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,456 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #146 of 487
- 2.13 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Mercer County
Hopewell Fire Department and Emergency Medical Unit vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 11052 · Hopewell Fire Department and Emergency Medical Unit, NJ 47 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 47
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,456
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Hills Region…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Hills Regional Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Hopewell Fire Dep… (this dept) 47
- High Center of Rutland…, VT 47
- Near West Hills Region…, PA 47
- Near Lebanon Valley Pr…, NY 47
- Near Blackfoot, ID 47
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hopewell, NJ
- County
- Mercer County
- FDID
- 11052
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Hopewell Fire Department and Emergency Medical Unit's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #146 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,456 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
Hopewell Fire Department and Emergency Medical Unit is 4.1% of Mercer County roster mass
The county lists 32 departments totaling 1,160 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 66% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 47 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Hills Regional Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 47 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.