Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Irvington Fire Department

Irvington, NJ · Essex County. Irvington Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 135 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.

135
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Irvington Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Jersey average.

Top 2%
national personnel size
+275%
vs. New Jersey average
3
stations
$2,906,510
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
79/100
Irvington Fire Department

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 A
45 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment B
$21,530 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
135 personnel · 3 stations

Irvington Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Irvington, NJ (Essex County), with 3 stations and 135 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #518 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,906,510.

  • National personnel rank #518 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #17 of 487
  • 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 24 other listed departments in Essex County

Irvington Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

135 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 07090 · Irvington Fire Department, NJ 135 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 135
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #518
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Norwalk
  • FEMA-MID $2.9M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Norwalk Fire Department, CT (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Irvington, NJ
FDID
07090

FEMA Grant History

$2.9M
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2018)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FH-00579 $873,339.92
2016 EMW2015FH00517 $1,433,170
2009 EMW-2009-FV-0026 $600,000

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

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Irvington Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #17 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #518 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 275% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

Irvington Fire Department is 6.4% of Essex County roster mass

The county lists 36 departments totaling 2,107 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 44% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 135 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Norwalk Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 135 personnel

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

Norwalk Fire Department, CT 135 Marietta Fire Department, GA 135 Aiken Department of Public Safety, SC 135 Windsor Volunteer Fire Department - Wilson Station, CT 135 The Woodlands Fire Department - Central Station - First Responders, TX 135 Niagara Falls Fire Department, NY 135 Chula Vista Fire Department, CA 135 Camp Pendleton Fire Department, CA 135

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Irvington Fire Department have?

Irvington Fire Department has 135 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 275% above the New Jersey average of 36 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #518 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NJ, it ranks #17 of 487 by personnel.

Does Irvington Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Irvington Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Irvington Fire Department operate?

Irvington Fire Department operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Irvington Fire Department?

Irvington Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Essex County, NJ. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Irvington Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Irvington Fire Department has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $2,906,509.92 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

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.