Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderIndian Head Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated
Indian Head, MD · Charles County. Indian Head Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated 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
Indian Head Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated 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.
Indian Head Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Indian Head, MD (Charles 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 #1,669 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,669 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #68 of 179
- 1.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Charles County
Indian Head Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated 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 08009 · Indian Head Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated, 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 #1,669
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bismarck Fire and…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bismarck Fire and Inspections, ND (+ 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.
- Indian Head Volun… (this dept) 75
- High Livingston, NJ 75
- Near Bismarck Fire and…, ND 75
- Near Lisbon Fire Depar…, CT 75
- Near North Halifax Vol…, VA 75
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Indian Head, MD
- County
- Charles County
- FDID
- 08009
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Indian Head Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #68 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,669 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
Indian Head Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated is 8.1% 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.
1.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 75 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bismarck Fire and Inspections, ND (+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.