Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDenton Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated
Denton, MD · Caroline County. Denton Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 50 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.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Denton Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount below the Maryland average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- -46%
- 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.
Denton Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Denton, MD (Caroline County), with 1 station and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,859 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,859 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #119 of 179
- 2.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Caroline County
Denton Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 05003 · Denton Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, MD 50 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,859
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ DE Pere Fire and…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: DE Pere Fire and Rescue, WI (+ 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.
- Denton Volunteer… (this dept) 50
- High Jenny Lind Fire P…, CA 50
- Near DE Pere Fire and…, WI 50
- Near Great Valley, NY 50
- Near Westons Mills, NY 50
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Denton, MD
- County
- Caroline County
- FDID
- 05003
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Denton Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #119 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,859 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster geometry
Caroline County HIFLD mix around Denton Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated
Caroline County: 6 departments, 336 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: DE Pere Fire and Rescue, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.