Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderNational Institute of Standards and Technology Fire Department
Gaithersburg, MD · Montgomery County. National Institute of Standards and Technology Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 13 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.
- 13
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
National Institute of Standards and Technology Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Maryland average.
- 6th pct.
- national personnel size
- -86%
- 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.
National Institute of Standards and Technology Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Gaithersburg, MD (Montgomery County), with 1 station and 13 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,163 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,163 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #178 of 179
- 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Montgomery County
National Institute of Standards and Technology Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
13 Top 94% higher than 6% 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 MD-NATIONAL-INSTITUTE-OF-STANDARDS-AND-TECHNOLOGY-FIR-MD · National Institute of Standards and Technology Fire Department, MD 13 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 13
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,163
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Athens Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Athens Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- National Institut… (this dept) 13
- High Belpre Township, KS 13
- Near Athens Volunteer, ME 13
- Near Aurora Volunteer, ME 13
- Near Bath Fire Protect…, IL 13
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Gaithersburg, MD
- County
- Montgomery County
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How National Institute of Standards and Technology Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #178 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,163 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
National Institute of Standards and Technology Fire Department is 0.4% of Montgomery County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 3,361 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 83% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 13 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Athens Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 13 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.