Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWatchung Volunteer Fire Department
Watchung, NJ · Somerset County. Watchung Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Watchung Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount below the New Jersey average.
- Top 48%
- national personnel size
- -17%
- 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.
Watchung Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Watchung, NJ (Somerset County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,836 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,836 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #349 of 487
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 24 other listed departments in Somerset County
Watchung Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 48% higher than 52% 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 18210 · Watchung Volunteer Fire Department, NJ 30 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,836
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Northwood
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Northwood Fire Department, ND (+ 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.
- Watchung Volunteer (this dept) 30
- High Crosby Volunteer, MN 30
- Near Northwood, ND 30
- Near Wakefield Volunte…, VA 30
- Near Waverly Volunteer, VA 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Watchung, NJ
- County
- Somerset County
- FDID
- 18210
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How Watchung Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #349 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,836 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
Watchung Volunteer Fire Department is 2.3% of Somerset County roster mass
The county lists 48 departments totaling 1,297 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 48% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Northwood Fire Department, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.