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Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company

Strathmere, NJ · Cape May County. Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company is a fire department and 21 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.

21
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the New Jersey average.

26th pct.
national personnel size
-42%
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
Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company

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
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
21 personnel

Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company is a fire department serving Strathmere, NJ (Cape May County) and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,534 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,534 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #419 of 487
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 24 other listed departments in Cape May County

Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

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

21 Top 74% higher than 26% 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 05009 · Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company, NJ 21 personnel

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

  • PERS-SMALL 21
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #16,534
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nickerson Volunte…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Nickerson Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE (+ 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
Strathmere, NJ
FDID
05009

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #419 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,534 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 42% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company is 2.4% of Cape May County roster mass

The county lists 34 departments totaling 892 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 56% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Nickerson Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Avalon Volunteer Fire Department
Avalon · volunteer
Belle Plain Volunteer Fire Company
Woodbine · volunteer
Cape May Fire Department
Cape May · volunteer
Coast Guard Fire Department
Cape May · career
Goshen Volunteer Fire Company
Goshen · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 21 personnel

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

Nickerson Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE 21 Hiseville Volunteer Fire Department, KY 21 Rice Fire Department, MN 21 Twin Fire and Rescue, AL 21

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company have?

Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company has 21 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 42% below the New Jersey average of 36 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #16,534 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NJ, it ranks #419 of 487 by personnel.

Does Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company provide EMS services?

Yes, Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company operate?

Station count data for Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company?

Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company is a fire department serving Cape May 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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