Anne Arundel County Fire Department
Anne Arundel · combination · Provides EMS transport · reporting year 2025
- Population served
- 602,350↗
- Area protected
- 414.806 sq mi↗
- Population densitycalc
- 1,452/sq mi↗
- Annual incidents
- 89,121↗
- EMS share of calls
- Unknown
- Stations
- 31↗
- Career personnel
- 1,013↗
- Volunteer personnel
- Unknown
- Typical on-duty staffing
- Unknown
- Operating budget
- $199.8M↗
- Funding per residentcalc
- $332/resident↗
“calc” = calculated from verified inputs: density = population ÷ area; funding per resident = budget ÷ population.
Organization descriptors
size of the organization (percentile among MD systems)
workload handled (percentile) — not quality
how much verified public data backs it
These describe size and workload, not performance. A larger or busier department is not “better” — the peer list exists precisely so any comparison is against organizations of similar scale.
Five closest peers
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Baltimore County
- Comparable population density (1,452 vs 1,425).
- Comparable career personnel (1,013 vs 1,043).
- Different number of stations (31 vs 54).
- Different annual incident volume (89,121 vs 155,066).
Matched on 6 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Montgomery
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (415 vs 493).
- Different population served (602,350 vs 1,082,273).
Matched on 7 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Prince George's
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (415 vs 483).
- Comparable career personnel (1,013 vs 1,231).
Matched on 7 shared verified fields.
Independent municipal department · Baltimore City
- Comparable population served (602,350 vs 568,271).
- Comparable number of stations (31 vs 38).
- Different area protected (sq mi) (415 vs 81).
- Different population density (1,452 vs 7,020).
- Staffing model differs (combination vs career).
Matched on 7 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Howard
- Comparable population density (1,452 vs 1,354).
- Comparable operating budget ($199,750,000 vs $163,400,000).
- Different number of stations (31 vs 14).
- Different annual incident volume (89,121 vs 44,018).
Matched on 7 shared verified fields.
Adjacent size baselines
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Frederick
- Comparable number of stations (31 vs 30).
- Different population density (1,452 vs 453).
- Different annual incident volume (89,121 vs 38,000).
Matched on 6 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Montgomery
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (415 vs 493).
- Different population served (602,350 vs 1,082,273).
Matched on 7 shared verified fields.
Sources & transparency
Every value above is a verified public figure or is shown as “Unknown” — nothing is estimated. Excluded from comparison: 0 incompatible-type organizations (a countywide system is never compared with a single volunteer company).
- U.S. Census Bureau — Population Estimates Program (PEP) Vintage 2024 — county + place resident estimates · 2024 · accessed 2026-07-16
- U.S. Census Bureau — 2024 Gazetteer — county + place land area (ALAND_SQMI) · 2024 · accessed 2026-07-16
- Anne Arundel County — FY2025 Approved Budget & Message — Fire Department · 2025 · accessed 2026-07-16
- Anne Arundel County Fire Department — Department CIP Presentation (stations) · 2024 · accessed 2026-07-16