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Germantown Volunteer Fire Department

Germantown, MD · Montgomery County. Germantown Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 106 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.

106
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Germantown Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount above the Maryland average.

Top 4%
national personnel size
+15%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
100/100
Germantown Volunteer Fire Department

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 A
106 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
106 personnel · 1 station

Germantown Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Germantown, MD (Montgomery County), with 1 station and 106 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #829 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #829 of 22,440
  • MD personnel rank #33 of 179
  • 0.94 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 22 other listed departments in Montgomery County

Germantown Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

106 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 MD-GERMANTOWN-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-MD · Germantown Volunteer Fire Department, MD 106 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MID 106
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #829
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arlington Heights
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Arlington Heights Fire Department, IL (+ 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
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Germantown, MD

Staffing vs the Maryland average

How Germantown Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #33 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #829 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 15% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
67
MD departments
379

County roster fringe

Germantown Volunteer Fire Department is 3.2% of Montgomery County roster mass

The county lists 24 departments totaling 3,361 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 83% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

0.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 106 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Arlington Heights Fire Department, IL (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 106 personnel

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

Arlington Heights Fire Department, IL 106 Tinley Park Fire Department, IL 106 Morganton Department of Public Safety, NC 106 Columbus Fire Department, IN 106 Evergreen Fire and Rescue, CO 106 Eagan Fire Department, MN 106 Dover Fire Department, DE 106 Campbelltown Volunteer Fire Company, PA 106

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Germantown Volunteer Fire Department have?

Germantown Volunteer Fire Department has 106 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 15% above the Maryland average of 92 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #829 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MD, it ranks #33 of 179 by personnel.

Does Germantown Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Germantown Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Germantown Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Germantown Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Germantown Volunteer Fire Department?

Germantown Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Montgomery County, MD. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

How many fire departments are in Maryland?

Maryland has 379 fire departments with 34,910 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.