Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBaltimore County Fire Department
Towson, MD · Baltimore County. Baltimore County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 60 stations and 6,545 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.
- 6,545
- Total personnel
- 60
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Baltimore County Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maryland average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +7014%
- vs. Maryland average
- 60
- 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 County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Towson, MD (Baltimore County), with 60 stations and 6,545 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #1 of 179
- 0.92 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 32 other listed departments in Baltimore County
Baltimore County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
6,545 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 03100 · Baltimore County Fire Department, MD 6,545 personnel · 60 stations
PERS-METRO · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-METRO 6,545
- STA-SYSTEM 60 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1
- ABOVE-PEER over Houston
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Houston Fire Department, TX ( -2,730 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 MD department.
- Baltimore County (this dept) 6,545
- Near Houston, TX 3,815
- Near Dallas Fire-Rescue, TX 2,030
- Near California Depart…, CA 2,030
- Low San Francisco, CA 1,835
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Towson, MD
- County
- Baltimore County
- FDID
- 03100
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Baltimore County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #1 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 60
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster weight
Baltimore County Fire Department carries 80.2% of Baltimore County HIFLD personnel
Among 35 listed departments (8,161 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 51% of the county count. County / state rollup.
0.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (60 stations / 6,545 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Houston Fire Department, TX (-2,730 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 6,545 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.