Department profile

Volunteer

Luke Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated

Luke, MD · Allegany County. Luke Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

26
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Luke Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Maryland average.

43rd pct.
national personnel size
-72%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
57/100
Luke Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated

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 C
26 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
26 personnel · 1 station

Luke Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Luke, MD (Allegany County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,689 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,689 of 22,440
  • MD personnel rank #167 of 179
  • 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
  • 23 other listed departments in Allegany County

Luke Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

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

26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 01021 · Luke Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, MD 26 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 26
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-MID #12,689
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Little Basin Cree…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Little Basin Creek Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+ 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
Luke, MD
FDID
01021

Staffing vs the Maryland average

How Luke Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #167 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,689 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 72% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
67
MD departments
379

County roster fringe

Luke Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated is 2.5% of Allegany County roster mass

The county lists 30 departments totaling 1,054 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 33% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Little Basin Creek Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel

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