Department profile
Career (Paid)South Orange Fire Department
South Orange, NJ · Essex County. South Orange Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 38 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
South Orange Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the New Jersey average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- +6%
- 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.
South Orange Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving South Orange, NJ (Essex County), with 2 stations and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,867 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,867 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #246 of 487
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- 24 other listed departments in Essex County
South Orange Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 07190 · South Orange Fire Department, NJ 38 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #6,867
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ El Cerrito
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: El Cerrito Fire Department, CA (+ 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.
- South Orange (this dept) 38
- High Farmville Rural F…, NC 38
- Near El Cerrito, CA 38
- Near Sinclair Refinery…, WY 38
- Near Farmville, NC 38
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- South Orange, NJ
- County
- Essex County
- FDID
- 07190
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How South Orange Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #246 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,867 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
South Orange Fire Department is 1.8% of Essex County roster mass
The county lists 36 departments totaling 2,107 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 44% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: El Cerrito Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.