Department profile
VolunteerNorthvale Fire Department
Northvale, NJ · Bergen County. Northvale Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 47 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 47
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Northvale Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the New Jersey average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +31%
- 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 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.
Northvale Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Northvale, NJ (Bergen County), with 1 station and 47 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,492 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,492 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #150 of 487
- 2.13 stations per 100 personnel
- 64 other listed departments in Bergen County
Northvale Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 02400 · Northvale Fire Department, NJ 47 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 47
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #4,492
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cleveland County…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cleveland County Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 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.
- Northvale (this dept) 47
- High Moyock Fire Depar…, NC 47
- Near Cleveland County…, NC 47
- Near Wade Community, NC 47
- Near Homestead Volunte…, PA 47
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Northvale, NJ
- County
- Bergen County
- FDID
- 02400
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Northvale Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #150 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,492 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 70
- NJ departments
- 999
County roster fringe
Northvale Fire Department is 1.2% 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.
2.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 47 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cleveland County Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 47 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.