Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderJacobstown Volunteer Fire Company
North Hanover, NJ · Burlington County. Jacobstown Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 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.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Jacobstown Volunteer Fire Company pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the New Jersey average.
- Top 27%
- national personnel size
- +11%
- 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.
Jacobstown Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving North Hanover, NJ (Burlington County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,088 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,088 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #214 of 487
- 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 34 other listed departments in Burlington County
Jacobstown Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 27% higher than 73% 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 03461 · Jacobstown Volunteer Fire Company, NJ 40 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,088
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cana Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cana Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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.
- Jacobstown Volunt… (this dept) 40
- High Saint Johnsbury, VT 40
- Near Cana Volunteer, VA 40
- Near Kennett Volunteer, MO 40
- Near Louisburg, NC 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- North Hanover, NJ
- County
- Burlington County
- FDID
- 03461
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Jacobstown Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #214 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,088 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
Jacobstown Volunteer Fire Company is 2.3% of Burlington County roster mass
The county lists 61 departments totaling 1,772 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 54% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cana Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.