Department profile

Career (Paid)

Naval Air Engineering Station Fire Department-Dod

Lakehurst, NJ · Ocean County. Naval Air Engineering Station Fire Department-Dod is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 54 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

54
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Naval Air Engineering Station Fire Department-Dod pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the New Jersey average.

Top 15%
national personnel size
+50%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
92/100
Naval Air Engineering Station Fire Department-Dod

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 A
54 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
54 personnel · 1 station

Naval Air Engineering Station Fire Department-Dod is a Career (Paid) department serving Lakehurst, NJ (Ocean County), with 1 station and 54 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,368 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,368 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #100 of 487
  • 1.85 stations per 100 personnel
  • 20 other listed departments in Ocean County

Naval Air Engineering Station Fire Department-Dod vs. the national personnel distribution

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

54 Top 15% higher than 85% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet ND003 · Naval Air Engineering Station Fire Department-Dod, NJ 54 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MID 54
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UPPER #3,368
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clay Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Clay Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 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
Lakehurst, NJ
FDID
ND003

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Naval Air Engineering Station Fire Department-Dod's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #100 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,368 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 50% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

The county lists 62 departments totaling 2,730 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 63% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

1.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 54 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Clay Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Bamber Lakes Fire Department
Forked River · volunteer
Forked River Fire Department
Forked River · volunteer
High Point Volunteer Fire Company
Harvey Cedars · volunteer
Lakehurst Fire Department
Lakehurst · volunteer
Lanoka Harbor Volunteer Fire Department
Lanoka Harbor · volunteer
All NJ departments →

Nationwide career peers near 54 personnel

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