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Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department

Prospect Park, NJ · Passaic County. Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 40 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

40
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the New Jersey average.

Top 28%
national personnel size
+11%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Prospect Park 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
40 personnel

Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Prospect Park, NJ (Passaic County) and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,262 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,262 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #230 of 487
  • 10 other listed departments in Passaic County

Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

40 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 16100 · Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department, NJ 40 personnel

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

  • PERS-SMALL 40
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #6,262
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Summit Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Summit Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 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
Prospect Park, NJ
FDID
16100

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #230 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,262 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 11% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department is 2.8% 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.

Photo-finish peer: Summit Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Bloomingdale Fire Department
Bloomingdale · other
Paterson Fire Department
Paterson · career
Pompton Lakes Volunteer Fire Department
Pompton Lakes · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 40 personnel

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

Summit Volunteer Fire Department, WI 40 Carrington Rural Fire Department, ND 40 Brookland Volunteer Fire Department- Goobertown Station, AR 40 Callensburg-Licking Township Volunteer Fire Department, PA 40

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department have?

Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department has 40 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 11% above the New Jersey average of 36 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #6,262 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NJ, it ranks #230 of 487 by personnel.

Does Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Prospect Park 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 Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department?

Prospect Park Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Passaic 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.

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