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Cecil County Department of Emergency Services (Fire/EMS)

Cecil · combination · Partial EMS transport · reporting year 2025

Data confidence: Limited (34/100) · 3/11 fields
9 volunteer fire departments + county career ALS EMS
Population served
106,305
Area protected
346.3 sq mi
Population densitycalc
307/sq mi
Annual incidents
Unknown
EMS share of calls
Unknown
Stations
Unknown
Career personnel
Unknown
Volunteer personnel
Unknown
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
0/100

size of the organization (percentile among MD systems)

Operational scale
39/100

workload handled (percentile) — not quality

Data confidence
34/100

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

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

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

Similarity 93/100
116,469
Population served
Unknown
Annual incidents
13
Stations
  • Comparable area protected (sq mi) (346 vs 359).
  • Comparable population density (307 vs 325).
  • Comparable population served (106,305 vs 116,469).
  • EMS transport role differs (partial vs full).

Matched on 3 shared verified fields.

Calvert County Fire-Rescue-EMS (Public Safety)

Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Calvert

Similarity 82/100
94,913
Population served
13,825
Annual incidents
7
Stations
  • Comparable population served (106,305 vs 94,913).
  • EMS transport role differs (partial vs full).

Matched on 3 shared verified fields.

Washington County Division of Emergency Services (Fire & Rescue)

Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Washington

Similarity 71/100
157,228
Population served
36,951
Annual incidents
9
Stations
  • Comparable population density (307 vs 344).
  • EMS transport role differs (partial vs full).

Matched on 3 shared verified fields.

Charles County Department of Emergency Services (Fire/EMS)

Volunteer-based county system · Charles

Similarity 66/100
174,478
Population served
Unknown
Annual incidents
15
Stations
  • Comparable population density (307 vs 381).
  • EMS transport role differs (partial vs full).

Matched on 3 shared verified fields.

Carroll County Department of Fire and Emergency Services

Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Carroll

Similarity 65/100
177,108
Population served
Unknown
Annual incidents
14
Stations
  • Closest available match within the same comparison class; limited shared data — treat with caution.
  • EMS transport role differs (partial vs full).

Matched on 3 shared verified fields.

Adjacent size baselines

Calvert County Fire-Rescue-EMS (Public Safety)

Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Calvert

Adjacent smaller
94,913
Population served
13,825
Annual incidents
7
Stations
  • Comparable population served (106,305 vs 94,913).
  • EMS transport role differs (partial vs full).

Matched on 3 shared verified fields.

Washington County Division of Emergency Services (Fire & Rescue)

Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Washington

Adjacent larger
157,228
Population served
36,951
Annual incidents
9
Stations
  • Comparable population density (307 vs 344).
  • EMS transport role differs (partial vs full).

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).

  • This organization has limited verified public data; matches are directional, not definitive.