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Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Lyons, NJ · Somerset County. Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a fire department and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

15
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the New Jersey average.

10th pct.
national personnel size
-58%
vs. New Jersey average

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.

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PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center

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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
15 personnel

Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a fire department serving Lyons, NJ (Somerset County) and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,298 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,298 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #470 of 487
  • 24 other listed departments in Somerset County

Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center vs. the national personnel distribution

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

15 Top 90% higher than 10% 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 18901 · Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NJ 15 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 15
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #20,298
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Loma Rural Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Loma Rural Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NJ department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Lyons, NJ
FDID
18901

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #470 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,298 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 58% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center is 1.2% of Somerset County roster mass

The county lists 48 departments totaling 1,297 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 48% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Loma Rural Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Franklin Park Volunteer Fire Company
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Green Brook Volunteer Fire Department
Green Brook · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 15 personnel

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

Loma Rural Volunteer Fire Department, MT 15 Pecan Grove Volunteer Fire Department, LA 15 Slaughter Volunteer Fire Department, LA 15 Four Communities Fire Department, FL 15

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center have?

Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center has 15 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 58% below the New Jersey average of 36 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #20,298 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NJ, it ranks #470 of 487 by personnel.

Does Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center provide EMS services?

Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center operate?

Station count data for Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center?

Lyons Fire Department - Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a fire department serving Somerset County, NJ.

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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