Deptford Fire District (1)
Fire District · Gloucester County
21 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Deptford Fire District (1), reporting a median pensionable salary of $81,908.
Deptford Fire District (1) is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a fire district in Gloucester County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Gloucester County has 10 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in total, including this one.
About fire districts in New Jersey
A fire district is a special governmental unit, distinct from the municipality, created to fund and operate fire protection for a specific area. Some New Jersey towns have one fire district covering the whole municipality; others split into several districts, each with its own budget, commissioners, and personnel authority.
See all 10 civil service jurisdictions in Gloucester County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Deptford Fire District (1)
21 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Deptford Fire District (1). That is a count of active memberships reported by the employer, not a payroll headcount: anyone not enrolled in one of these funds does not appear in this data at all, and no separate headcount for a New Jersey local employer is published anywhere we can check against.
| Fund | Name | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 15 | 71% |
| PERS | Public Employees' Retirement System | 6 | 29% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 15 firefighters. PFRS enrolment is the only occupational detail this dataset carries; it lists no job titles, so nothing here says which civil service titles Deptford Fire District (1) actually appoints.
Pensionable salary at Deptford Fire District (1)
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Deptford Fire District (1) reports a pensionable salary above $81,908 and half below, across 21 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $6,472 |
| 25th percentile | $56,264 |
| Median | $81,908 |
| 75th percentile | $93,638 |
| 90th percentile | $99,288 |
The range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile because the extremes are not informative: the lowest reported figures belong to part-time and partial-year members, whose credited salary is a fraction of a full-time equivalent.
Among the 6 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 100th percentile, above the county's midpoint of $70,419. Against the 14 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 64th percentile.
These figures are pensionable salary reported to the NJ Division of Pensions and Benefits for the four most recent quarters, not total pay and not take-home pay. Snapshot of March 31, 2026. How we compile this.
How long people stay at Deptford Fire District (1)
The median enrolled member at Deptford Fire District (1) has 18.9 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 8.9 and 24.1 years. 38% have passed twenty years, which matters locally because retirement eligibility and the pension formula both turn on service credit.
| Credited service | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years | 5 | 24% |
| 5 to 10 years | 1 | 5% |
| 10 to 15 years | 1 | 5% |
| 15 to 20 years | 6 | 29% |
| 20 to 25 years | 5 | 24% |
| 25 years or more | 3 | 14% |
Membership tier records which pension rules a member was hired under, so the mix is a rough picture of how recently a workforce turned over. At Deptford Fire District (1), 5% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 12 | 57% |
| Tier 2 | 1 | 5% |
| Tier 3 | 7 | 33% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 1 | 5% |
Other public employers in Deptford Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Deptford Township. Each is its own employer for pension purposes, and only some are civil service jurisdictions — school boards, charter schools and parking authorities are ordinary public employers that were never part of Title 11A. Names link only where the body appears in this directory.
| Employer | Enrolled members |
|---|---|
| DEPTFORD TWP BD OF ED | 685 |
| DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP | 157 |
| DEPTFORD TWP MUA | 23 |
| DEPTFORD TWP FIRE DISTRICT (this page) | 21 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Deptford Fire District (1)
A fire district is a separate taxing and governing unit from the municipality, with its own board of fire commissioners and its own budget. Some New Jersey towns are covered by a single district; others are divided into several numbered districts, each hiring on its own account. That is why a district rather than a town appears in the Commission's listing.
Firefighter hiring runs through a statewide entry-level process rather than a local application, with physical performance testing and medical screening alongside the written component. Above the entry title the ladder is closed and promotional: lieutenant, captain, deputy chief and chief are filled by examination from among people already serving. Fire prevention and fire official titles run on a separate track tied to state certification.
When there is no eligible list for a title, an employer can fill the job provisionally. Provisional service is real work at real pay, but it builds no permanent rights, and the employer is supposed to request an examination so the position can be filled permanently. Anyone appointed provisionally who wants to keep the job needs to take that examination when it comes.
Promotional examinations are closed. They are open to employees already serving in the unit, scored on a combination of the examination and seniority, and they are how most supervisory positions in local government get filled. It is the main reason entry-level appointments matter so much: they are the door to the ladder above them.
Civil service employers in Deptford Township
Deptford Fire District (1) serves Deptford Township, a township in Gloucester County, but it is in the listing as a fire district on its own account rather than as part of the township government.
The Deptford Township government is listed too: Deptford Township. Both run under Title 11A, and both certify their own appointments, so applying to one tells you nothing about openings at the other.
Two further Deptford Township bodies are listed as well, which puts four separate civil service employers inside one town.
- Deptford Library, public library
- Deptford Municipal Utilities Authority, municipal utilities authority
Civil service titles used by New Jersey fire districts
Real classifications that New Jersey fire districts draw on, each linked to its official specification: the definition of the work, the requirements, and any licence the title depends on. A sample of the system rather than a roster or a list of openings.
Civil service coverage across Gloucester County
Gloucester County holds 10 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 3 public libraries, 2 municipalities, 2 municipal utilities authorities, 1 county government, 1 fire district, and 1 housing authority.
2 of the county's 24 municipalities are among them.
Gloucester County is a jurisdiction too, though a county's decision does not bind the towns, authorities, libraries or districts inside it.
Also in the directory: Glassboro Housing Authority, Gloucester County Library, Monroe Township, Monroe Township Library, Monroe Township Municipal Utilities Authority, Deptford Library, Deptford Municipal Utilities Authority, Deptford Township. See all 10 in Gloucester County.
Common questions about Deptford Fire District (1)
Is Deptford Fire District (1) a civil service employer?
Yes. Deptford Fire District (1) appears in the New Jersey Civil Service Commission's listing of local civil service system jurisdictions as of July 2024, which makes it an appointing authority under Title 11A. Permanent appointments to competitive titles there come from eligible lists the Commission certifies, rather than from purely local hiring.
Does civil service status at Deptford Fire District (1) cover the rest of Deptford Township?
No. Deptford Township has more than one employer in the listing, and each holds its own status, runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists. Seniority and permanent status earned at one do not transfer automatically to another, even inside the same town.
Is the job specification the same everywhere?
Yes, and that is the point of the classification system. A title has one specification statewide, covering the definition of the work, the education and experience requirements, and any licence the title depends on. That is what makes experience gained at one civil service employer legible to another, even in a different county.
Is there always a written test?
No. New Jersey runs both assembled examinations, where candidates are scheduled to sit a test, and unassembled ones, where a reviewer scores your education and experience against the requirements in the specification and there is no test day at all. The announcement says which kind it is. For an unassembled examination the application itself is the examination, so how fully you describe your experience is the score.
How many Deptford Fire District (1) employees are in a State pension system?
21 active memberships are reported through Deptford Fire District (1), split across 15 in PFRS and 6 in PERS. This counts pension enrolment rather than payroll, so employees who are not in one of these funds are not included.
What is the median pensionable salary at Deptford Fire District (1)?
$81,908, with the middle half of members between $56,264 and $93,638. These figures are pensionable salary reported to the NJ Division of Pensions and Benefits for the four most recent quarters, not total pay and not take-home pay. It excludes overtime and most supplemental pay, and it is before tax, before the member's own pension contribution and before health premiums.
How does pay at Deptford Fire District (1) compare with the rest of Gloucester County?
Its median pensionable salary of $81,908 sits at the 100th percentile among the 6 civil service jurisdictions in Gloucester County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $70,419. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Deptford Fire District (1)?
The median enrolled member has 18.9 years of credited service, and 38% have passed twenty years. Credited service drives both retirement eligibility and the pension formula, so a long-tenured workforce usually means fewer open competitive appointments in the near term.