Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderChurch Creek Volunteer Fire Company
Church Creek, MD · Dorchester County. Church Creek Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 45 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.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Church Creek Volunteer Fire Company pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well below the Maryland average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- -51%
- 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.
Church Creek Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Church Creek, MD (Dorchester County), with 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,762 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,762 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #129 of 179
- 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Dorchester County
Church Creek Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 09046 · Church Creek Volunteer Fire Company, MD 45 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,762
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Richland Township…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Richland Township Fire and Rescue, 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.
- Church Creek Volu… (this dept) 45
- High Borden Hose, NY 45
- Near Richland Township…, PA 45
- Near Waxhaw Volunteer…, NC 45
- Near Coventry Voluntee…, NY 45
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Church Creek, MD
- County
- Dorchester County
- FDID
- 09046
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Church Creek Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #129 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,762 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
Church Creek Volunteer Fire Company is 9.4% of Dorchester County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 479 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 53% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Richland Township Fire and Rescue, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.