Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Joppa-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
PlainFireData Composite Score
99/100
Joppa-Magnolia 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
86.7 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
260 personnel · 3 stations

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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Joppa, MD
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.

▲ 183% above the state average
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).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 260 personnel

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