Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCarroll County Fire Department - Gamber Fire Company
Finksburg, MD · Carroll County. Carroll County Fire Department - Gamber Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 122 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.
- 122
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Carroll County Fire Department - Gamber Fire Company pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount above the Maryland average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +33%
- 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.
Carroll County Fire Department - Gamber Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Finksburg, MD (Carroll County), with 1 station and 122 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #650 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #650 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #22 of 179
- 0.82 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Carroll County
Carroll County Fire Department - Gamber Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
122 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 06013 · Carroll County Fire Department - Gamber Fire Company, MD 122 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 122
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #650
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Haven
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: East Haven Fire Department, CT (+ 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.
- Carroll County Fi… (this dept) 122
- High Elgin, IL 122
- Near East Haven, CT 122
- Near Waterloo Fire and…, IA 122
- Near Monarch Fire Prot…, MO 122
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Finksburg, MD
- County
- Carroll County
- FDID
- 06013
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Carroll County Fire Department - Gamber Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #22 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #650 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
Carroll County HIFLD mix around Carroll County Fire Department - Gamber Fire Company
Carroll County: 14 departments, 1,050 personnel (11 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 93% of departments. County / state rollup.
0.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 122 roster).
Photo-finish peer: East Haven Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 122 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.