Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Cumberland Central Fire
Cumberland, MD · Allegany County. City of Cumberland Central Fire is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 65 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.
- 65
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Cumberland Central Fire pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount below the Maryland average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- -29%
- vs. Maryland average
- 3
- 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 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.
City of Cumberland Central Fire is a Career (Paid) department serving Cumberland, MD (Allegany County), with 3 stations and 65 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,185 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,185 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #92 of 179
- 4.62 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 23 other listed departments in Allegany County
City of Cumberland Central Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
65 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 01001 · City of Cumberland Central Fire, MD 65 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 65
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,185
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Colonie Fire Comp…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Colonie Fire Company, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- City of Cumberlan… (this dept) 65
- High Booth Volunteer, AL 65
- Near Colonie Fire Comp…, NY 65
- Near Falls Village Vol…, CT 65
- Near Ridge Grove, AL 65
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Cumberland, MD
- County
- Allegany County
- FDID
- 01001
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How City of Cumberland Central Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #92 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,185 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster fringe
City of Cumberland Central Fire is 6.2% of Allegany County roster mass
The county lists 30 departments totaling 1,054 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 33% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.62 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 65 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Colonie Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 65 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.