Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBel Air Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated - Bel Air Station
Bel Air, MD · Harford County. Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated - Bel Air Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 193 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.
- 193
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated - Bel Air Station pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maryland average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +110%
- vs. Maryland average
- 2
- 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.
Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated - Bel Air Station is a Volunteer department serving Bel Air, MD (Harford County), with 2 stations and 193 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #245 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #245 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #9 of 179
- 1.04 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Harford County
Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated - Bel Air Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
193 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 12003 · Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated - Bel Air Station, MD 193 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 193
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #245
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Palm Beach F…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Palm Beach Fire Rescue, FL (+ 0 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.
- High Nokesville Volunt…, VA 194
- Near Pompano Beach Fir…, FL 194
- Bel Air Volunteer… (this dept) 193
- Near West Palm Beach F…, FL 193
- Near Lake Mohegan Fire…, NY 193
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bel Air, MD
- County
- Harford County
- FDID
- 12003
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated - Bel Air Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #9 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #245 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster geometry
Harford County HIFLD mix around Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated - Bel Air Station
Harford County: 19 departments, 1,073 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 79% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.04 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 193 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Palm Beach Fire Rescue, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 193 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.