Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHughesville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Hughesville, MD · Charles County. Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 37 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.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well below the Maryland average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- -60%
- 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.
Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Hughesville, MD (Charles County), with 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,044 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,044 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #149 of 179
- 2.70 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Charles County
Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 08002 · Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, MD 37 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,044
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Baldwin
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Baldwin Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Hughesville Volun… (this dept) 37
- High City of Groton, CT 37
- Near Baldwin, NY 37
- Near Canton Volunteer…, PA 37
- Near Atwell Township V…, NC 37
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hughesville, MD
- County
- Charles County
- FDID
- 08002
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #149 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,044 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
Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is 4.0% of Charles County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 925 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 81% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Baldwin Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.