Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCommunity Fire Company of Rising Sun
Rising Sun, MD · Cecil County. Community Fire Company of Rising Sun is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 120 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.
- 120
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Community Fire Company of Rising Sun pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount above the Maryland average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +30%
- 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.
Community Fire Company of Rising Sun is a Volunteer department serving Rising Sun, MD (Cecil County), with 3 stations and 120 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #668 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #668 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #24 of 179
- 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Cecil County
Community Fire Company of Rising Sun vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
120 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 07008 · Community Fire Company of Rising Sun, MD 120 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 120
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #668
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gerry Volunteer F…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gerry Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NY (+ 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.
- Community Fire Co… (this dept) 120
- High Ferndale Voluntee…, PA 120
- Near Gerry Volunteer F…, NY 120
- Near Cheadle Fire Dist…, MT 120
- Near Huber Engineered…, VA 120
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rising Sun, MD
- County
- Cecil County
- FDID
- 07008
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Community Fire Company of Rising Sun's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #24 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #668 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster geometry
Cecil County HIFLD mix around Community Fire Company of Rising Sun
Cecil County: 14 departments, 631 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 93% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 120 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gerry Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 120 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.