Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorth Wildwood Fire Department
North Wildwood, NJ · Cape May County. North Wildwood Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 57 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.
- 57
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Wildwood Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the New Jersey average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +58%
- vs. New Jersey average
- 3
- stations
- $3,161,261
- 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.
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 Wildwood Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving North Wildwood, NJ (Cape May County), with 3 stations and 57 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,927 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,161,261.
- National personnel rank #2,927 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #90 of 487
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 24 other listed departments in Cape May County
North Wildwood Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
57 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 05002 · North Wildwood Fire Department, NJ 57 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 57
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,927
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Limestone Volunte…
- FEMA-MID $3.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Limestone Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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 Wildwood (this dept) 57
- High Black Forest Fire…, CO 57
- Near Limestone Volunte…, NY 57
- Near Phenix City, AL 57
- Near Weldon, NC 57
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- North Wildwood, NJ
- County
- Cape May County
- FDID
- 05002
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FF-00885 | $1,533,808 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-10055 | $230,000 |
| 2018 | EMW2016FH00136 | $481,984 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FF00145 | $350,400 |
| 2012 | EMW2011FO05839 | $351,524 |
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FO-0520 | $213,545 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How North Wildwood Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #90 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,927 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 Wildwood Fire Department is 6.4% of Cape May County roster mass
The county lists 34 departments totaling 892 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 56% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 57 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Limestone Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 57 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.