Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Caroline County Fire Department

Goldsboro, MD · Caroline County. Caroline County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 52 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.

52
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Caroline County Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount below the Maryland average.

Top 16%
national personnel size
-43%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
91/100
Caroline County 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
52 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
52 personnel · 1 station

Caroline County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Goldsboro, MD (Caroline County), with 1 station and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,544 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,544 of 22,440
  • MD personnel rank #116 of 179
  • 1.92 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 5 other listed departments in Caroline County

Caroline County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 05007 · Caroline County Fire Department, MD 52 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 52
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,544
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Breezewood Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Breezewood Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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
Goldsboro, MD
FDID
05007

Staffing vs the Maryland average

How Caroline County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #116 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,544 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 43% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
67
MD departments
379

County roster geometry

Caroline County HIFLD mix around Caroline County Fire Department

Caroline County: 6 departments, 336 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.

1.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 52 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Breezewood Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Federalsburg Volunteer Fire Company
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Greensboro Volunteer Fire Company
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Preston Volunteer Fire Company
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Ridgely Volunteer Fire Department
Ridgely · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 52 personnel

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