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Plainfield Fire Department

Plainfield, NJ · Union County. Plainfield Fire Department is a fire department. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Plainfield 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
Other department profile

Plainfield Fire Department is a fire department serving Plainfield, NJ (Union County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $933,846.

  • 22 other listed departments in Union County

Dispatch plate

Sheet NJ-PLAINFIELD-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-NJ · Plainfield Fire Department, NJ personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-MID $934K
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

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.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Plainfield, NJ

FEMA Grant History

$934K
Cumulative funding (FY2019–2024)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FG-05432 $221,390.91
2021 EMW-2021-FG-00180 $296,607.27
2019 EMW-2019-FG-04189 $415,848

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

County roster geometry

Union County HIFLD mix around Plainfield Fire Department

Union County: 33 departments, 1,286 personnel (8 volunteer / 11 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 82% of departments. County / state rollup.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Plainfield Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Plainfield Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Plainfield Fire Department provide EMS services?

Plainfield 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 Plainfield Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Plainfield Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Plainfield Fire Department?

Plainfield Fire Department is a fire department serving Union County, NJ.

Has Plainfield Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Plainfield Fire Department has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $933,846.18 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2019–2024 (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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

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