Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHoward County Fire Department
Savage, MD · Howard County. Howard County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 139 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.
- 139
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Howard County Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount well above the Maryland average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +51%
- 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 Savage, MD (Howard County), with 1 station and 139 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #491 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #491 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #15 of 179
- 0.72 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
139 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 13006 · Howard County Fire Department, MD 139 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 139
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #491
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Holyoke
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Holyoke Fire Department, MA (+ 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) 139
- High Franklin, TN 139
- Near Holyoke, MA 139
- Near George Clay Fire…, PA 139
- Near Bethlehem City Fi…, PA 139
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Savage, MD
- County
- Howard County
- FDID
- 13006
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Howard County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #15 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #491 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster geometry
Howard County HIFLD mix around Howard County Fire Department
Howard County: 6 departments, 1,258 personnel (3 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
0.72 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 139 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Holyoke Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 139 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.