Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNewburg Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department
Newburg, MD · Charles County. Newburg Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Newburg Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well below the Maryland average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- -62%
- 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.
Newburg Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Newburg, MD (Charles County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,987 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,987 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #151 of 179
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Charles County
Newburg Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 08014 · Newburg Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department, MD 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,987
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ulster-Sheshequin…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ulster-Sheshequin Fire Association, PA (+ 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.
- Newburg Volunteer… (this dept) 35
- High Wood River Volunt…, NE 35
- Near Ulster-Sheshequin…, PA 35
- Near Lawton, MI 35
- Near Bozrah Volunteer…, CT 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Newburg, MD
- County
- Charles County
- FDID
- 08014
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Newburg Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #151 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,987 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
Newburg Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department is 3.8% of Charles County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 925 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 81% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ulster-Sheshequin Fire Association, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.