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Iselin 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
30/100
Iselin Chemical Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Department House 1

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 D
17.5 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
35 personnel · 2 stations

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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Iselin, NJ
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.

▼ 3% below the state average
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).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel

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