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Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department

Old Tappan, NJ · Bergen County. Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 55 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

55
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the New Jersey average.

Top 14%
national personnel size
+53%
vs. New Jersey average

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.

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PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department

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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
55 personnel

Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Old Tappan, NJ (Bergen County) and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,220 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,220 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #96 of 487
  • 64 other listed departments in Bergen County

Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

55 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 02430 · Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department, NJ 55 personnel

PERS-MID · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MID 55
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #3,220
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lawrenceville Vol…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lawrenceville Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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
Old Tappan, NJ
FDID
02430

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #96 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,220 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 53% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department is 1.5% 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.

Photo-finish peer: Lawrenceville Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Alert Fire Company
Bergenfield · other
Allendale Boro Fire Department
Allendale · volunteer
Carlstadt Fire Department
Carlstadt · volunteer
Cresskill Volunteer Fire Department
Cresskill · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 55 personnel

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

Lawrenceville Volunteer Fire Department, VA 55 Number 9 Township Volunteer Fire Department, NC 55 Windsor Township Emergency Services, MI 55 Ozark Fire Department - Dowling Fire Station, AL 55

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department have?

Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department has 55 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 53% above the New Jersey average of 36 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #3,220 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NJ, it ranks #96 of 487 by personnel.

Does Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department 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 Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department?

Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Bergen County, NJ.

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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