Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSandyston Township Fire Department
Sandyston, NJ · Sussex County. Sandyston Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sandyston Township Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the New Jersey average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- -31%
- vs. New Jersey average
- 2
- 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.
Sandyston Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sandyston, NJ (Sussex County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,947 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,947 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #400 of 487
- 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 27 other listed departments in Sussex County
Sandyston Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 19033 · Sandyston Township Fire Department, NJ 25 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,947
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Santa Rosa Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Santa Rosa Volunteer Fire Department-Main Station, NM (+ 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.
- Sandyston Township (this dept) 25
- High Irene, SD 25
- Near Santa Rosa Volunt…, NM 25
- Near Schnellville Volu…, IN 25
- Near New Hampton, IA 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sandyston, NJ
- County
- Sussex County
- FDID
- 19033
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Sandyston Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #400 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,947 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 70
- NJ departments
- 999
County roster fringe
Sandyston Township Fire Department is 2.5% of Sussex County roster mass
The county lists 38 departments totaling 990 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 47% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Santa Rosa Volunteer Fire Department-Main Station, NM (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.