Department profile
Career (Paid)Baltimore City Fire
Baltimore, MD · Baltimore City County. Baltimore City Fire is a Career (Paid) department, 43 stations and 1,752 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 1,752
- Total personnel
- 43
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Baltimore City Fire pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maryland average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1804%
- vs. Maryland average
- 43
- 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.
Baltimore City Fire is a Career (Paid) department serving Baltimore, MD (Baltimore City County), with 43 stations and 1,752 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #4 of 179
- 2.45 stations per 100 personnel
- 1 other listed department in Baltimore City County
Baltimore City Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
1,752 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 25001 · Baltimore City Fire, MD 1,752 personnel · 43 stations
PERS-METRO · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-METRO 1,752
- STA-SYSTEM 43 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #9
- BELOW-PEER under City of Memphis D…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Memphis Division of Fire, TN (+ 56 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.
- High San Francisco, CA 1,835
- Near City of Memphis D…, TN 1,808
- Baltimore City Fi… (this dept) 1,752
- Near Columbus Division…, OH 1,675
- Low San Antonio Fire…, TX 1,505
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- County
- Baltimore City County
- FDID
- 25001
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Baltimore City Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #4 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 43
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster weight
Baltimore City Fire carries 98.4% of Baltimore City County HIFLD personnel
Among 3 listed departments (1,780 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (43 stations / 1,752 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Memphis Division of Fire, TN (+56 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide career peers near 1,752 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.