Department profile
VolunteerMetuchen Volunteer Fire Department
Metuchen, NJ · Middlesex County. Metuchen Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 total personnel. 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
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Metuchen Volunteer Fire Department 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.
Metuchen Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Metuchen, NJ (Middlesex 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 #6,164 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,164 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #218 of 487
- 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
- 31 other listed departments in Middlesex County
Metuchen Volunteer Fire Department 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 12100 · Metuchen Volunteer Fire Department, NJ 40 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #6,164
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mount Storm Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Mount Storm Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Metuchen Volunteer (this dept) 40
- High Yuma County Fire…, CO 40
- Near Mount Storm Volun…, WV 40
- Near Eastman Volunteer, WI 40
- Near Platteville-Gilcr…, CO 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Metuchen, NJ
- County
- Middlesex County
- FDID
- 12100
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Metuchen Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #218 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,164 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
Metuchen Volunteer Fire Department is 1.7% 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.
2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Mount Storm Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+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.