Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBel Alton Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Bel Alton, MD · Charles County. Bel Alton Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 94 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.
- 94
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bel Alton Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount in line with the Maryland average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +2%
- 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.
Bel Alton Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Bel Alton, MD (Charles County), with 1 station and 94 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,072 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,072 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #46 of 179
- 1.06 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Charles County
Bel Alton Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
94 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 08010 · Bel Alton Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, MD 94 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 94
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,072
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hudlow Fire and R…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hudlow Fire and Rescue Department, NC (+ 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.
- Bel Alton Volunte… (this dept) 94
- High Southbury Volunte…, CT 94
- Near Hudlow Fire and R…, NC 94
- Near Bluffton Township…, SC 94
- Near Boxford, MA 94
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bel Alton, MD
- County
- Charles County
- FDID
- 08010
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Bel Alton Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #46 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,072 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster geometry
Charles County HIFLD mix around Bel Alton Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Charles County: 16 departments, 925 personnel (10 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 81% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 94 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hudlow Fire and Rescue Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 94 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.