Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Montclair Fire Department

Montclair, NJ · Essex County. Montclair Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 89 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.

89
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Montclair Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Jersey average.

Top 5%
national personnel size
+147%
vs. New Jersey average
3
stations
$307,969
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
41/100
Montclair Fire Department

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 B
29.7 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 F
$3,460 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
89 personnel · 3 stations

Montclair Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Montclair, NJ (Essex County), with 3 stations and 89 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,202 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $307,969.

  • National personnel rank #1,202 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #40 of 487
  • 3.37 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 24 other listed departments in Essex County

Montclair Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

89 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 07130 · Montclair Fire Department, NJ 89 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 89
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,202
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Poquetanuck Volun…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $308K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Poquetanuck Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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
CAREER
Location
Montclair, NJ
FDID
07130

FEMA Grant History

$308K
Cumulative funding (FY2021)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FG-07955 $307,969.16

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Montclair Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #40 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,202 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 147% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

Montclair Fire Department is 4.2% of Essex County roster mass

The county lists 36 departments totaling 2,107 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 44% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.37 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 89 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Poquetanuck Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 89 personnel

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

Poquetanuck Volunteer Fire Department, CT 89 Columbus Fire Department, NE 89 Conneaut Fire Department, OH 89 Lavale Volunteer Fire Department, MD 89 Somerset Fire and Emergency Medical Services, KY 89 Orangeburg Fire Department, SC 89 Janesville Fire Department, WI 89 Kingston Fire Department, NY 89

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Montclair Fire Department have?

Montclair Fire Department has 89 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 147% above the New Jersey average of 36 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,202 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NJ, it ranks #40 of 487 by personnel.

Does Montclair Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Montclair Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Montclair Fire Department operate?

Montclair Fire Department operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Montclair Fire Department?

Montclair Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Essex County, NJ. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Montclair Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Montclair Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $307,969.16 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

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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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.