Department profile
VolunteerWest Wildwood Fire Department
West Wildwood, NJ · Cape May County. West Wildwood Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
West Wildwood Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the New Jersey average.
- 7th pct.
- national personnel size
- -61%
- vs. New Jersey average
- 1
- station
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.
West Wildwood Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving West Wildwood, NJ (Cape May County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,980 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,980 of 22,440
- NJ personnel rank #475 of 487
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- 24 other listed departments in Cape May County
West Wildwood Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 05021 · West Wildwood Fire Department, NJ 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,980
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Paradise
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Paradise Fire Department, UT (+ 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.
- West Wildwood (this dept) 14
- High Imler Area Volunt…, PA 14
- Near Paradise, UT 14
- Near Diamond City Fire…, AR 14
- Near Wallace, SD 14
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Wildwood, NJ
- County
- Cape May County
- FDID
- 05021
Staffing vs the New Jersey average
How West Wildwood Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Jersey. In-state it ranks #475 of 487 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,980 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 70
- NJ departments
- 999
County roster fringe
West Wildwood Fire Department is 1.6% 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.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Paradise Fire Department, UT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NJ department.