Department profile

Volunteer

Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department

Grantsville, MD · Garrett County. Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

29
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well below the Maryland average.

Top 49%
national personnel size
-68%
vs. Maryland average
1
station
$907,061
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
71/100
Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity B
29 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment B
$31,278 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
29 personnel · 1 station

Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Grantsville, MD (Garrett County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,936 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $907,061.

  • National personnel rank #10,936 of 22,440
  • MD personnel rank #159 of 179
  • 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
  • 11 other listed departments in Garrett County

Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 11090 · Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department, MD 29 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 29
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #10,936
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hackensack
  • FEMA-MID $907K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Hackensack Fire Department, MN (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Grantsville, MD
FDID
11090

FEMA Grant History

$907K
Cumulative funding (FY2018)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FR-00390 $907,060.55

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Maryland average

How Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #159 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,936 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 68% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
67
MD departments
379

County roster fringe

Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department is 9.0% of Garrett County roster mass

The county lists 13 departments totaling 322 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 15% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Hackensack Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).

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Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department
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Garrett County
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Gorman Volunteer Fire Department
Oakland · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.

Hackensack Fire Department, MN 29 Caldwell Parish Fire Board - Kelly Station, LA 29 Town of Ashfield Fire Department, MA 29 Palmyra Fire and Rescue, NE 29 Del Norte Fire Department, CO 29 Center Conway Fire and Rescue, NH 29 Coolidge Fire Department, AZ 29 Iowa Volunteer Fire Department, LA 29

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department have?

Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department has 29 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 68% below the Maryland average of 92 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #10,936 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MD, it ranks #159 of 179 by personnel.

Does Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department?

Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Garrett County, MD. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $907,060.55 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

How many fire departments are in Maryland?

Maryland has 379 fire departments with 34,910 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.