Baltimore City Fire Department
Baltimore City · career · Provides EMS transport · reporting year 2025
- Population served
- 568,271↗
- Area protected
- 80.946 sq mi↗
- Population densitycalc
- 7,020/sq mi↗
- Annual incidents
- 235,000↗
- EMS share of calls
- Unknown
- Stations
- 38↗
- Career personnel
- 1,698↗
- Volunteer personnel
- Unknown
- Typical on-duty staffing
- Unknown
- Operating budget
- $327.2M↗
- Funding per residentcalc
- $576/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) · Prince George's
- Comparable operating budget ($327,235,541 vs $314,948,400).
- Comparable number of stations (38 vs 45).
- Different area protected (sq mi) (81 vs 483).
- Different population density (7,020 vs 2,003).
- Staffing model differs (career vs combination).
Matched on 7 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Montgomery
- Comparable number of stations (38 vs 39).
- Comparable operating budget ($327,235,541 vs $292,436,391).
- Different area protected (sq mi) (81 vs 493).
- Different population density (7,020 vs 2,195).
- Staffing model differs (career vs combination).
Matched on 7 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Anne Arundel
- Comparable population served (568,271 vs 602,350).
- Comparable number of stations (38 vs 31).
- Different area protected (sq mi) (81 vs 415).
- Different population density (7,020 vs 1,452).
- Staffing model differs (career vs combination).
Matched on 7 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Baltimore County
- Closest available match within the same comparison class; limited shared data — treat with caution.
- Different area protected (sq mi) (81 vs 598).
- Different population density (7,020 vs 1,425).
- Staffing model differs (career vs combination).
Matched on 6 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Frederick
- Closest available match within the same comparison class; limited shared data — treat with caution.
- Different population density (7,020 vs 453).
- Different area protected (sq mi) (81 vs 661).
- Staffing model differs (career vs combination).
Matched on 6 shared verified fields.
Adjacent size baselines
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Prince George's
- Comparable operating budget ($327,235,541 vs $314,948,400).
- Comparable number of stations (38 vs 45).
- Different area protected (sq mi) (81 vs 483).
- Different population density (7,020 vs 2,003).
- Staffing model differs (career vs combination).
Matched on 7 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Baltimore County
- Closest available match within the same comparison class; limited shared data — treat with caution.
- Different area protected (sq mi) (81 vs 598).
- Different population density (7,020 vs 1,425).
- Staffing model differs (career vs combination).
Matched on 6 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
- Wikipedia (citing BCFD) — Baltimore City Fire Department · 2024 · accessed 2026-07-16
- Baltimore City Fire Department — Fire Stations directory · 2025 · accessed 2026-07-16
- Baltimore City — FY2025 Summary of the Adopted Budget + Agency Detail (Fire) · 2025 · accessed 2026-07-16