Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDarlington Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated
Darlington, MD · Harford County. Darlington Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 138 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.
- 138
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Darlington Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount well above the Maryland average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +50%
- vs. Maryland average
- 2
- 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.
Darlington Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Darlington, MD (Harford County), with 2 stations and 138 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #492 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #492 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #16 of 179
- 1.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Harford County
Darlington Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
138 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 12009 · Darlington Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, MD 138 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 138
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #492
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hazelton Fire Pro…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hazelton Fire Prot District, ND (+ 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.
- Darlington Volunt… (this dept) 138
- High Mahopac Falls Vol…, NY 138
- Near Hazelton Fire Pro…, ND 138
- Near Mountain View Fir…, CO 138
- Near Sweet Home Fire a…, OR 138
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Darlington, MD
- County
- Harford County
- FDID
- 12009
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Darlington Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #16 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #492 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster geometry
Harford County HIFLD mix around Darlington Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated
Harford County: 19 departments, 1,073 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 79% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 138 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hazelton Fire Prot District, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 138 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.