Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBaltimore-Washington International Fire and Rescue
Baltimore Washington International Airport, MD · Anne Arundel County. Baltimore-Washington International Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 85 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.
- 85
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Baltimore-Washington International Fire and Rescue pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount in line with the Maryland average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- -8%
- vs. Maryland 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.
Baltimore-Washington International Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Baltimore Washington International Airport, MD (Anne Arundel County), with 1 station and 85 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,291 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,291 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #52 of 179
- 1.18 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 33 other listed departments in Anne Arundel County
Baltimore-Washington International Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
85 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 26043 · Baltimore-Washington International Fire and Rescue, MD 85 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 85
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,291
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Farmington Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Farmington Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Baltimore-Washing… (this dept) 85
- High Minnetonka, MN 85
- Near Farmington Volunt…, PA 85
- Near Fairview, PA 85
- Near Carmel Valley Fir…, CA 85
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Baltimore Washington International Airport, MD
- County
- Anne Arundel County
- FDID
- 26043
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Baltimore-Washington International Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #52 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,291 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster fringe
Baltimore-Washington International Fire and Rescue is 7.9% of Anne Arundel County roster mass
The county lists 37 departments totaling 1,082 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 95% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.18 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 85 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Farmington Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 85 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.