Department profile

Volunteer

Hurlock Volunteer Fire Company

Hurlock, MD · Dorchester County. Hurlock Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 105 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

105
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Hurlock Volunteer Fire Company pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount in line with the Maryland average.

Top 4%
national personnel size
+14%
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
Hurlock Volunteer Fire Company

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
105 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
105 personnel · 1 station

Hurlock Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Hurlock, MD (Dorchester County), with 1 station and 105 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #847 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #847 of 22,440
  • MD personnel rank #34 of 179
  • 0.95 stations per 100 personnel
  • 14 other listed departments in Dorchester County

Hurlock Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

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

105 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 09006 · Hurlock Volunteer Fire Company, MD 105 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-MID 105
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-TOP #847
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ El Dorado Hills
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: El Dorado Hills Fire Department, CA (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Hurlock, MD
FDID
09006

Staffing vs the Maryland average

How Hurlock Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #34 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #847 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 14% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
67
MD departments
379

County roster geometry

Dorchester County HIFLD mix around Hurlock Volunteer Fire Company

Dorchester County: 15 departments, 479 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 53% of departments. County / state rollup.

0.95 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 105 roster).

Photo-finish peer: El Dorado Hills Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 105 personnel

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