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Calvert County Fire-Rescue-EMS (Public Safety)

Calvert · combination · Provides EMS transport · reporting year 2024

Data confidence: Moderate (67/100) · 7/11 fields
7 volunteer companies + county Career EMS Division (ALS)
Population served
94,913
Area protected
213.19 sq mi
Population densitycalc
445/sq mi
Annual incidents
13,825
EMS share of calls
Unknown
Stations
7
Career personnel
69
Volunteer personnel
475
Typical on-duty staffing
Unknown
Operating budget
Unknown
Funding per residentcalc
Unknown

“calc” = calculated from verified inputs: density = population ÷ area; funding per resident = budget ÷ population.

Organization descriptors

Resource capacity
21/100

size of the organization (percentile among MD systems)

Operational scale
33/100

workload handled (percentile) — not quality

Data confidence
67/100

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

Cecil County Department of Emergency Services (Fire/EMS)

Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Cecil

Similarity 82/100
106,305
Population served
Unknown
Annual incidents
Unknown
Stations
  • Comparable population served (94,913 vs 106,305).
  • EMS transport role differs (full vs partial).

Matched on 3 shared verified fields.

St. Mary's County Fire & Rescue (Emergency Services)

Combination county system (career + volunteer) · St. Mary's

Similarity 70/100
116,469
Population served
Unknown
Annual incidents
13
Stations
  • Comparable population served (94,913 vs 116,469).
  • Different number of stations (7 vs 13).
  • Different area protected (sq mi) (213 vs 359).

Matched on 4 shared verified fields.

Salisbury Fire Department

Independent municipal department · Wicomico

Similarity 60/100
33,616
Population served
13,581
Annual incidents
3
Stations
  • Comparable annual incident volume (13,825 vs 13,581).
  • Comparable career personnel (69 vs 72).
  • Different area protected (sq mi) (213 vs 14).
  • Different population density (445 vs 2,434).

Matched on 6 shared verified fields.

Hagerstown Fire Department

Independent municipal department · Washington

Similarity 60/100
43,909
Population served
Unknown
Annual incidents
6
Stations
  • Comparable career personnel (69 vs 69).
  • Comparable number of stations (7 vs 6).
  • Different area protected (sq mi) (213 vs 13).
  • Different population density (445 vs 3,398).
  • EMS transport role differs (full vs none).

Matched on 5 shared verified fields.

Washington County Division of Emergency Services (Fire & Rescue)

Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Washington

Similarity 59/100
157,228
Population served
36,951
Annual incidents
9
Stations
  • Closest available match within the same comparison class; limited shared data — treat with caution.
  • Different annual incident volume (13,825 vs 36,951).
  • Different area protected (sq mi) (213 vs 458).

Matched on 6 shared verified fields.

Adjacent size baselines

Annapolis Fire Department

Independent municipal department · Anne Arundel

Adjacent smaller
40,689
Population served
13,626
Annual incidents
3
Stations
  • Comparable annual incident volume (13,825 vs 13,626).
  • Different area protected (sq mi) (213 vs 7).
  • Different population density (445 vs 5,647).
  • Staffing model differs (combination vs career).

Matched on 6 shared verified fields.

Cecil County Department of Emergency Services (Fire/EMS)

Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Cecil

Adjacent larger
106,305
Population served
Unknown
Annual incidents
Unknown
Stations
  • Comparable population served (94,913 vs 106,305).
  • EMS transport role differs (full vs partial).

Matched on 3 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).