Department profile
OtherSwartswood Volunteer Fire Department
Newton, NJ · Sussex County. Swartswood Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Swartswood Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the New Jersey average.
- 21st pct.
- national personnel size
- -44%
- 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.
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.
Swartswood Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Newton, NJ (Sussex County) and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,710 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,710 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #444 of 487
- 27 other listed departments in Sussex County
Swartswood Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 79% higher than 21% 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 19153 · Swartswood Volunteer Fire Department, NJ 20 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #17,710
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Merriwether
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 2/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Merriwether Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Swartswood Volunt… (this dept) 20
- High Fort Thomas Fire…, KY 20
- Near Merriwether, SC 20
- Near Main Township Vol…, PA 20
- Near South Metro, MN 20
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Newton, NJ
- County
- Sussex County
- FDID
- 19153
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Swartswood Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #444 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,710 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 70
- NJ departments
- 999
County roster fringe
Swartswood Volunteer Fire Department is 2.0% 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.
Photo-finish peer: Merriwether Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.