Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCarroll County Fire Department
Westminster, MD · Carroll County. Carroll County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 68 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.
- 68
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Carroll County Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount below the Maryland average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- -26%
- 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 is a Volunteer department serving Westminster, MD (Carroll County), with 1 station and 68 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,030 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,030 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #88 of 179
- 1.47 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Carroll County
Carroll County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
68 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 06009 · Carroll County Fire Department, MD 68 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 68
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,030
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oak Park Public S…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Oak Park Public Safety Department, MI (+ 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 (this dept) 68
- High Eden, NC 68
- Near Oak Park Public S…, MI 68
- Near Norfolk Fire Divi…, NE 68
- Near Gravois Fire Prot…, MO 68
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Westminster, MD
- County
- Carroll County
- FDID
- 06009
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Carroll County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #88 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,030 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster fringe
Carroll County Fire Department is 6.5% of Carroll County roster mass
The county lists 14 departments totaling 1,050 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.47 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 68 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Oak Park Public Safety Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 68 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.