Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWorcester County Fire Department / Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company
Ocean City, MD · Worcester County. Worcester County Fire Department / Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 126 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.
- 126
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Worcester County Fire Department / Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount above the Maryland average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +37%
- vs. Maryland average
- 5
- stations
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.
Worcester County Fire Department / Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Ocean City, MD (Worcester County), with 5 stations and 126 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #607 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #607 of 22,440
- MD personnel rank #19 of 179
- 3.97 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Worcester County
Worcester County Fire Department / Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
126 Top 3% higher than 97% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 23007 · Worcester County Fire Department / Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company, MD 126 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 126
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #607
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Harrisburg Bureau…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Harrisburg Bureau of Fire, 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.
- Worcester County… (this dept) 126
- High Lake Charles, LA 126
- Near Harrisburg Bureau…, PA 126
- Near Central Yavapai F…, AZ 126
- Near Westmoreland, NY 126
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ocean City, MD
- County
- Worcester County
- FDID
- 23007
Staffing vs the Maryland average
How Worcester County Fire Department / Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maryland. In-state it ranks #19 of 179 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #607 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 67
- MD departments
- 379
County roster weight
Worcester County Fire Department / Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company carries 30.8% of Worcester County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (409 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 63% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.97 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 126 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Harrisburg Bureau of Fire, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 126 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MD department.