Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderHagerstown Fire Department
Hagerstown, MD · Washington County. Hagerstown Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 114 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.
- 114
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Hagerstown Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount above the Maryland average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +24%
- vs. Maryland average
- 6
- stations
- $440,554
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Hagerstown Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hagerstown, MD (Washington County), with 6 stations and 114 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #741 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $440,554.
- National personnel rank #741 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #29 of 179
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Washington County
Hagerstown Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
114 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 21021 · Hagerstown Fire Department, MD 114 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 114
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #741
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Township of Union…
- FEMA-LIGHT $441K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit, NJ (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Hagerstown (this dept) 114
- High Egnar-Slick Rock…, CO 114
- Near Township of Union…, NJ 114
- Near Kenner, LA 114
- Near Noblesville, IN 114
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Hagerstown, MD
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- 21021
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-04729 | $612,509 |
| 2008 | EMW2007FF01245 | $-171,955 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Hagerstown Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #29 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #741 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Washington County
County mix is mostly volunteer (13 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 114 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Township of Union Fire Department / Emergency Medical Unit, NJ (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 114 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.