Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorth Arlington Fire Department
North Arlington, NJ · Bergen County. North Arlington Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 80 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.
- 80
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Arlington Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Jersey average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +122%
- vs. New Jersey average
- 3
- 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.
North Arlington Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving North Arlington, NJ (Bergen County), with 3 stations and 80 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,499 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,499 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #49 of 487
- 3.75 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 64 other listed departments in Bergen County
North Arlington Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
80 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 02390 · North Arlington Fire Department, NJ 80 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 80
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,499
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Columbia Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Columbia Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+ 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.
- North Arlington (this dept) 80
- High Missoula Rural Fi…, MT 80
- Near Columbia Volunteer, CT 80
- Near Chepachet, RI 80
- Near Town of Westerlo…, NY 80
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- North Arlington, NJ
- County
- Bergen County
- FDID
- 02390
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How North Arlington Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #49 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,499 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 70
- NJ departments
- 999
County roster fringe
North Arlington Fire Department is 2.1% of Bergen County roster mass
The county lists 103 departments totaling 3,763 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 23% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.75 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 80 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Columbia Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 80 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.