Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderAberdeen Proving Ground Fire and Emergency Services
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD · Harford County. Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire and Emergency Services is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 62 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.
- 62
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire and Emergency Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount below the Maryland average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- -33%
- vs. Maryland average
- 3
- 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.
Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire and Emergency Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (Harford County), with 3 stations and 62 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,412 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,412 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #97 of 179
- 4.84 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Harford County
Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire and Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
62 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 93029 · Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire and Emergency Services, MD 62 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 62
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,412
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lake Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lake Township Fire Department, OH (+ 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 MD department.
- Aberdeen Proving… (this dept) 62
- High Bascom J T Fire /…, OH 62
- Near Lake Township, OH 62
- Near Suffolk Departmen…, VA 62
- Near Salem Fire and Em…, VA 62
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
- County
- Harford County
- FDID
- 93029
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire and Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #97 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,412 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster fringe
Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire and Emergency Services is 5.8% of Harford County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 1,073 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 79% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.84 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 62 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lake Township Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 62 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.