Department profile

Volunteer

Oxford Volunteer Fire Department

Oxford, NJ · Warren County. Oxford Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

20
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Oxford Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the New Jersey average.

22nd pct.
national personnel size
-44%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
38/100
Oxford 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 D
20 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
20 personnel · 1 station

Oxford Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Oxford, NJ (Warren County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,475 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #17,475 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #439 of 487
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 22 other listed departments in Warren County

Oxford Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

20 Top 78% higher than 22% 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 21172 · Oxford Volunteer Fire Department, NJ 20 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #17,475
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Osakis
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Osakis Fire Department, MN (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Oxford, NJ
FDID
21172

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Oxford Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #439 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,475 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 44% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

Oxford Volunteer Fire Department is 2.7% of Warren County roster mass

The county lists 27 departments totaling 730 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 52% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Osakis Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel

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