Department profile
VolunteerRidgefield Fire Department Firehouse 1
Ridgefield, NJ · Bergen County. Ridgefield Fire Department Firehouse 1 is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 70 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 70
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Ridgefield Fire Department Firehouse 1 pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the New Jersey average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +94%
- vs. New Jersey average
- 3
- stations
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.
Ridgefield Fire Department Firehouse 1 is a Volunteer department serving Ridgefield, NJ (Bergen County), with 3 stations and 70 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,956 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,956 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #65 of 487
- 4.29 stations per 100 personnel
- 64 other listed departments in Bergen County
Ridgefield Fire Department Firehouse 1 vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
70 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 02490 · Ridgefield Fire Department Firehouse 1, NJ 70 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 70
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #1,956
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Elizabeth Vo…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Elizabeth Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Ridgefield Fire D… (this dept) 70
- High Bolivar, NY 70
- Near West Elizabeth Vo…, PA 70
- Near Springdale Townsh…, PA 70
- Near Suffield, CT 70
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ridgefield, NJ
- County
- Bergen County
- FDID
- 02490
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Ridgefield Fire Department Firehouse 1's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #65 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,956 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 70
- NJ departments
- 999
County roster fringe
Ridgefield Fire Department Firehouse 1 is 1.9% 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.
4.29 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 70 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Elizabeth Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 70 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.