Department profile
VolunteerMount Vernon Volunteer Fire Department
Princess Anne, MD · Somerset County. Mount Vernon Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Mount Vernon Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Maryland average.
- 22nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -78%
- 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.
Mount Vernon Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Princess Anne, MD (Somerset County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,393 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,393 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #175 of 179
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Somerset County
Mount Vernon Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 78% higher than 22% 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 19006 · Mount Vernon Volunteer Fire Department, MD 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #17,393
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kellyville Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kellyville Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+ 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.
- Mount Vernon Volu… (this dept) 20
- High Swartswood Volunt…, NJ 20
- Near Kellyville Volunt…, OK 20
- Near Fort Benton Volun…, MT 20
- Near Fort Thomas Fire…, KY 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Princess Anne, MD
- County
- Somerset County
- FDID
- 19006
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Mount Vernon Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #175 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,393 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
Mount Vernon Volunteer Fire Department is 8.3% of Somerset County roster mass
The county lists 8 departments totaling 242 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 13% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kellyville Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.