Department profile

OtherEMS Provider

University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute

La Plata, MD · Charles County. University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute

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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute is a fire department serving La Plata, MD (Charles County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 14 other listed departments in Charles County

Dispatch plate

Sheet MD-UNIVERSITY-OF-MARYLAND-FIRE-AND-RESCUE-INSTITUTE-MD · University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, MD personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-THIN

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-THIN 1/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
La Plata, MD

County roster geometry

Charles County HIFLD mix around University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute

Charles County: 16 departments, 925 personnel (10 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 81% of departments. County / state rollup.

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

Nearby Departments

Bryans Road Volunteer Fire Department
Bryans Road · volunteer
LA Plata Volunteer Fire Department
La Plata · volunteer
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute have?

Personnel data for University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute provide EMS services?

Yes, University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute operate?

Station count data for University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute?

University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute is a fire department serving Charles County, MD.

How many fire departments are in Maryland?

Maryland has 379 fire departments with 34,910 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.