Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSalisbury Fire Department
Salisbury, MD · Wicomico County. Salisbury Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 180 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.
- 180
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Salisbury Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount well above the Maryland average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +96%
- vs. Maryland average
- 3
- stations
- $8,375,041
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Salisbury Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Salisbury, MD (Wicomico County), with 3 stations and 180 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #284 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $8,375,041.
- National personnel rank #284 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #11 of 179
- 1.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Wicomico County
Salisbury Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
180 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 22001 · Salisbury Fire Department, MD 180 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 180
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #284
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Amboy Fire…
- FEMA-HEAVY $8.4M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: South Amboy Fire Department - Independence Engine and Hose, NJ (+ 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.
- Salisbury (this dept) 180
- High City of Bayonne, NJ 180
- Near South Amboy Fire…, NJ 180
- Near Trenton Fire and…, NJ 180
- Near Spangler Fire Com…, PA 180
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Salisbury, MD
- County
- Wicomico County
- FDID
- 22001
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FF-00936 | $2,716,236 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00382 | $1,385,023.5 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FO06556 | $187,389 |
| 2012 | EMW2011FH00621 | $406,928 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FH-0062 | $3,679,464 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Salisbury Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #11 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #284 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster weight
Salisbury Fire Department carries 31.9% of Wicomico County HIFLD personnel
Among 12 listed departments (565 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 58% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 180 roster).
Photo-finish peer: South Amboy Fire Department - Independence Engine and Hose, NJ (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 180 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.