Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderNewark Fire Department Rescue 1
Newark, NJ · Essex County. Newark Fire Department Rescue 1 is a Career (Paid) department, 17 stations and 730 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.
- 730
- Total personnel
- 17
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Newark Fire Department Rescue 1 pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Jersey average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1928%
- vs. New Jersey average
- 17
- stations
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.
Newark Fire Department Rescue 1 is a Career (Paid) department serving Newark, NJ (Essex County), with 17 stations and 730 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #34 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #34 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #1 of 487
- 2.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 24 other listed departments in Essex County
Newark Fire Department Rescue 1 vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
730 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 07140 · Newark Fire Department Rescue 1, NJ 730 personnel · 17 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 730
- STA-MULTI 17 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #34
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tulsa
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tulsa Fire Department, OK (+ 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.
- High Portland Fire and…, OR 736
- Newark Fire Depar… (this dept) 730
- Near Tulsa, OK 730
- Near Birmingham Fire a…, AL 709
- Low Sacramento Metrop…, CA 704
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Newark, NJ
- County
- Essex County
- FDID
- 07140
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Newark Fire Department Rescue 1's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #1 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #34 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 17
- State fire deaths/yr
- 70
- NJ departments
- 999
County roster weight
Newark Fire Department Rescue 1 carries 34.6% of Essex County HIFLD personnel
Among 36 listed departments (2,107 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 28% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (17 stations / 730 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tulsa Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 730 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.