Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderRoselle Fire Department
Roselle, NJ · Union County. Roselle Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 39 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 39
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Roselle Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the New Jersey average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- +8%
- 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.
Roselle Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Roselle, NJ (Union County), with 1 station and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,595 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,595 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #238 of 487
- 2.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Union County
Roselle Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
39 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 20014 · Roselle Fire Department, NJ 39 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 39
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,595
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Town of Fond Du L…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Town of Fond Du Lac Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Roselle (this dept) 39
- High Gering Volunteer, NE 39
- Near Town of Fond Du L…, WI 39
- Near Earlton, NY 39
- Near Metlakatla Volunt…, AK 39
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Roselle, NJ
- County
- Union County
- Ambulances
- 2
- FDID
- 20014
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | EMW-2006-FF-0321 | $-414,000 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Roselle Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #238 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,595 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
Roselle Fire Department is 3.0% of Union County roster mass
The county lists 33 departments totaling 1,286 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 82% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 39 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Town of Fond Du Lac Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 39 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.