Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderJoppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company
Joppa, MD · Harford County. Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 260 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.
- 260
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maryland average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +183%
- vs. Maryland average
- 3
- stations
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.
Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Joppa, MD (Harford County), with 3 stations and 260 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #145 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #145 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #7 of 179
- 1.15 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Harford County
Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
260 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 12008 · Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company, MD 260 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 260
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #145
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Scottsdale
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Scottsdale Fire Department, AZ ( -1 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.
- High New Bedford, MA 262
- Joppa-Magnolia Vo… (this dept) 260
- Near Scottsdale, AZ 259
- Near Hall County Fire…, GA 259
- Low Pembroke Pines Fi…, FL 257
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Joppa, MD
- County
- Harford County
- FDID
- 12008
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #7 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #145 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster geometry
Harford County HIFLD mix around Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company
Harford County: 19 departments, 1,073 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 79% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.15 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 260 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Scottsdale Fire Department, AZ (-1 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 260 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.