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Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company

Cape May Courthouse, NJ · Cape May County. Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company is a fire department and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

30
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount below the New Jersey average.

Top 47%
national personnel size
-17%
vs. New Jersey average
$320,181
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
45/100
Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company

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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment C
$10,673 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
30 personnel

Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company is a fire department serving Cape May Courthouse, NJ (Cape May County) and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,521 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $320,181.

  • National personnel rank #10,521 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #342 of 487
  • 24 other listed departments in Cape May County

Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 47% higher than 53% 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 05017 · Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company, NJ 30 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 30
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #10,521
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jefferson R-7 Fir…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $320K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District, MO (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NJ department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Cape May Courthouse, NJ
FDID
05017

FEMA Grant History

$320K
Cumulative funding (FY2011–2024)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FG-06302 $327,071.42
2011 EMW2010FF00461 $-6,890

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #342 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,521 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 17% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company is 3.4% 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.

Photo-finish peer: Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District, MO (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Avalon Volunteer Fire Department
Avalon · volunteer
Belle Plain Volunteer Fire Company
Woodbine · volunteer
Cape May Fire Department
Cape May · volunteer
Coast Guard Fire Department
Cape May · career
Goshen Volunteer Fire Company
Goshen · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 30 personnel

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

Jefferson R-7 Fire Protection District, MO 30 Effie Volunteer Fire Department, LA 30 Copperopolis Fire Protection District, CA 30 Cottonport Volunteer Fire and Rescue, LA 30

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company have?

Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company has 30 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 17% below the New Jersey average of 36 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #10,521 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NJ, it ranks #342 of 487 by personnel.

Does Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company provide EMS services?

Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company operate?

Station count data for Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company?

Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company is a fire department serving Cape May County, NJ.

Has Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company received federal grants?

Yes, Ocean View Volunteer Fire Company has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $320,181.42 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2011–2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

How many fire departments are in New Jersey?

New Jersey has 999 fire departments with 35,948 total personnel. 54% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.