Department profile

Volunteer

East New Market Volunteer Fire Company

East New Market, MD · Dorchester County. East New Market Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 52 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

52
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

East New Market Volunteer Fire Company pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount below the Maryland average.

Top 16%
national personnel size
-43%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
57/100
East New Market Volunteer Fire Company

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.

Staffing capacity C
26 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
52 personnel · 2 stations

East New Market Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving East New Market, MD (Dorchester County), with 2 stations and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,565 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,565 of 22,440
  • MD personnel rank #117 of 179
  • 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
  • 14 other listed departments in Dorchester County

East New Market Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 09021 · East New Market Volunteer Fire Company, MD 52 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 52
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #3,565
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Diamond Springs-e…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Diamond Springs-el Dorado Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
East New Market, MD
FDID
09021

Staffing vs the Maryland average

How East New Market Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #117 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,565 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 43% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
67
MD departments
379

County roster geometry

Dorchester County HIFLD mix around East New Market Volunteer Fire Company

Dorchester County: 15 departments, 479 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 53% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 52 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Diamond Springs-el Dorado Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 52 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.