Department profile
VolunteerPompton Lakes Volunteer Fire Department
Pompton Lakes, NJ · Passaic County. Pompton Lakes Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 58 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 58
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Pompton Lakes Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the New Jersey average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +61%
- 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.
Pompton Lakes Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pompton Lakes, NJ (Passaic County), with 1 station and 58 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,854 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,854 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #87 of 487
- 1.72 stations per 100 personnel
- 10 other listed departments in Passaic County
Pompton Lakes Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
58 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 16090 · Pompton Lakes Volunteer Fire Department, NJ 58 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 58
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #2,854
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Walls
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Walls Fire Department, MS (+ 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.
- Pompton Lakes Vol… (this dept) 58
- High Harris Hill Volun…, NY 58
- Near Walls, MS 58
- Near Newton Abbott Fir…, NY 58
- Near Marilla Fire Comp…, NY 58
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pompton Lakes, NJ
- County
- Passaic County
- FDID
- 16090
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Pompton Lakes Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #87 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,854 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
Pompton Lakes Volunteer Fire Department is 4.1% of Passaic County roster mass
The county lists 35 departments totaling 1,411 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 49% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.72 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 58 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Walls Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 58 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.