Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFrederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association
Frederick, MD · Frederick County. Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association is a Volunteer department, 29 stations and 2,807 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.
- 2,807
- Total personnel
- 29
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maryland average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +2951%
- vs. Maryland average
- 29
- 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.
Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association is a Volunteer department serving Frederick, MD (Frederick County), with 29 stations and 2,807 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #2 of 179
- 1.03 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Frederick County
Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
2,807 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 10001 · Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association, MD 2,807 personnel · 29 stations
PERS-METRO · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-METRO 2,807
- STA-SYSTEM 29 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #3
- ABOVE-PEER over Dallas Fire-Rescue
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Dallas Fire-Rescue, TX ( -777 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.
- Frederick County… (this dept) 2,807
- Near Dallas Fire-Rescue, TX 2,030
- Near California Depart…, CA 2,030
- Near San Francisco, CA 1,835
- Low City of Memphis D…, TN 1,808
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Frederick, MD
- County
- Frederick County
- FDID
- 10001
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #2 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 29
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster weight
Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association carries 57.3% of Frederick County HIFLD personnel
Among 24 listed departments (4,900 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (29 stations / 2,807 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Dallas Fire-Rescue, TX (-777 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 2,807 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.