Department profile

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Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department

Silver Spring, MD · Montgomery County. Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 71 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.

71
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount below the Maryland average.

Top 8%
national personnel size
-23%
vs. Maryland average
1
station
$1,024,424
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
77/100
Burtonsville 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 A
71 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment C
$14,429 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
71 personnel · 1 station

Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Silver Spring, MD (Montgomery County), with 1 station and 71 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,833 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,024,424.

  • National personnel rank #1,833 of 22,440
  • MD personnel rank #77 of 179
  • 1.41 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 22 other listed departments in Montgomery County

Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

71 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 MD-BURTONSVILLE-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-MD · Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department, MD 71 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 71
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,833
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Andrews Volunteer
  • FEMA-MID $1.0M
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Andrews Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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
Silver Spring, MD

FEMA Grant History

$1.0M
Cumulative funding (FY2016–2024)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FF-00648 $379,999.63
2019 EMW-2019-FF-01026 $356,602.85
2016 EMW2015FF00328 $287,822

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

Staffing vs the Maryland average

How Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #77 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,833 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 23% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
67
MD departments
379

County roster fringe

Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department is 2.1% of Montgomery County roster mass

The county lists 24 departments totaling 3,361 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 83% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

1.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 71 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Andrews Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

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Hillandale Volunteer Fire Department
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 71 personnel

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

Andrews Volunteer Fire Department, TX 71 Cherry Valley Fire Protection District, IL 71 Dallas City Rural Fire Protection District - Central Station, IL 71 Eagle Pass Fire Department - Cardona, TX 71 Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Department, TX 71 Williamson County Fire Protection District, IL 71 Avalon Volunteer Fire Company, PA 71 Sanborn Fire Department, ND 71

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department have?

Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department has 71 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 23% below the Maryland average of 92 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,833 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MD, it ranks #77 of 179 by personnel.

Does Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department?

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

Has Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $1,024,424.48 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2016–2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

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.