Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderIselin Chemical Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Department House 1
Iselin, NJ · Middlesex County. Iselin Chemical Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Department House 1 is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Iselin Chemical Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Department House 1 pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the New Jersey average.
- Top 35%
- national personnel size
- -3%
- vs. New Jersey average
- 2
- 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.
Iselin Chemical Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Department House 1 is a Volunteer department serving Iselin, NJ (Middlesex County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,862 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,862 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #271 of 487
- 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 31 other listed departments in Middlesex County
Iselin Chemical Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Department House 1 vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 12325 · Iselin Chemical Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Department House 1, NJ 35 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,862
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Southeast Weld Fi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Southeast Weld Fire Protection District, CO (+ 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.
- Iselin Chemical H… (this dept) 35
- High Springfield Towns…, OH 35
- Near Southeast Weld Fi…, CO 35
- Near East Montpelier F…, VT 35
- Near Oracle Fire Distr…, AZ 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Iselin, NJ
- County
- Middlesex County
- FDID
- 12325
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Iselin Chemical Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Department House 1's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #271 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,862 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 70
- NJ departments
- 999
County roster fringe
Iselin Chemical Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Department House 1 is 1.4% 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.
5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Southeast Weld Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.