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Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department

Potomac, MD · Montgomery County. Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department, 2 stations and 135 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.

135
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount above the Maryland average.

Top 2%
national personnel size
+47%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
95/100
Cabin John Park 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
67.5 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
135 personnel · 2 stations

Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Potomac, MD (Montgomery County), with 2 stations and 135 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #514 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #514 of 22,440
  • MD personnel rank #17 of 179
  • 1.48 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 22 other listed departments in Montgomery County

Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

135 Top 2% higher than 98% 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-CABIN-JOHN-PARK-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-MD · Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department, MD 135 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MID 135
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #514
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ The Woodlands Fir…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: The Woodlands Fire Department - Central Station - First Responders, TX (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MD department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Potomac, MD

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2012–2018)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FF-00202 $16,424.21
2012 EMW2011FF00683 $-34,610

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

Staffing vs the Maryland average

How Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #17 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #514 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 47% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
67
MD departments
379

County roster fringe

Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department is 4.0% 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.

1.48 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 135 roster).

Photo-finish peer: The Woodlands Fire Department - Central Station - First Responders, TX (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide departments near 135 personnel

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

The Woodlands Fire Department - Central Station - First Responders, TX 135 Windsor Volunteer Fire Department - Wilson Station, CT 135 Aiken Department of Public Safety, SC 135 Marietta Fire Department, GA 135

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department have?

Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department has 135 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 47% above the Maryland average of 92 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #514 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MD, it ranks #17 of 179 by personnel.

Does Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department?

Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Montgomery County, MD.

Has Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $-18,185.79 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2012–2018 (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.