Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit

Union, NJ · Union County. Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 114 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.

114
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Jersey average.

Top 3%
national personnel size
+217%
vs. New Jersey average
1
station
$478,333
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
61/100
Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit

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 A
114 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment F
$4,196 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
114 personnel · 1 station

Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit is a Career (Paid) department serving Union, NJ (Union County), with 1 station and 114 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #751 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $478,333.

  • National personnel rank #751 of 22,440
  • NJ personnel rank #26 of 487
  • 0.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 22 other listed departments in Union County

Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit vs. the national personnel distribution

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

114 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 20019 · Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit, NJ 114 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 114
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #751
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hagerstown
  • FEMA-LIGHT $478K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Hagerstown Fire Department, MD (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Union, NJ
FDID
20019

FEMA Grant History

$478K
Cumulative funding (FY2019)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2019 EMW-2019-FG-00714 $478,333

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the New Jersey average

How Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #26 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #751 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 217% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
70
NJ departments
999

County roster fringe

Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit is 8.9% 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.

0.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 114 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Hagerstown Fire Department, MD (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 114 personnel

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

Hagerstown Fire Department, MD 114 Kenner Fire Department, LA 114 Egnar-Slick Rock Fire Protection District, CO 114 Noblesville Fire Department, IN 114 Chico Fire Department, CA 114 North Providence Fire Department, RI 114 College Station Fire Department Ambulance, TX 114 Lisle-Woodridge Fire District, IL 114

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit have?

Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit has 114 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 217% above the New Jersey average of 36 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #751 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NJ, it ranks #26 of 487 by personnel.

Does Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit provide EMS services?

Yes, Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit operate?

Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit?

Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit is a Career (Paid) department serving Union County, NJ. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit received federal grants?

Yes, Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $478,333 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2019 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2019.

How many fire departments are in New Jersey?

New Jersey has 999 fire departments with 35,948 total personnel. 54% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.