Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHoward County Fire Department
West Friendship, MD · Howard County. Howard County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 75 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.
- 75
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Howard County Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount below the Maryland average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- -18%
- 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.
Howard County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving West Friendship, MD (Howard County), with 1 station and 75 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,667 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,667 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #67 of 179
- 1.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Howard County
Howard County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
75 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 13003 · Howard County Fire Department, MD 75 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 75
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,667
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Evans
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Evans Fire Department, CO (+ 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.
- Howard County (this dept) 75
- High Big Tree Voluntee…, NY 75
- Near City of Evans, CO 75
- Near Mathews Volunteer…, VA 75
- Near Layton City, UT 75
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Friendship, MD
- County
- Howard County
- FDID
- 13003
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Howard County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #67 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,667 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster fringe
Howard County Fire Department is 6.0% of Howard County roster mass
The county lists 6 departments totaling 1,258 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 75 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Evans Fire Department, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 75 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.