Charles County Department of Emergency Services (Fire/EMS)
Charles · combination · Provides EMS transport · reporting year 2024
- Population served
- 174,478↗
- Area protected
- 457.819 sq mi↗
- Population densitycalc
- 381/sq mi↗
- Annual incidents
- Unknown
- EMS share of calls
- Unknown
- Stations
- 15↗
- 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
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) · Carroll
- Comparable population served (174,478 vs 177,108).
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (458 vs 448).
- Comparable population density (381 vs 396).
- Comparable number of stations (15 vs 14).
Matched on 4 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Washington
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (458 vs 458).
- Comparable population density (381 vs 344).
- Comparable population served (174,478 vs 157,228).
Matched on 4 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · St. Mary's
- Comparable number of stations (15 vs 13).
- Comparable population density (381 vs 325).
Matched on 4 shared verified fields.
Volunteer-based county system · Harford
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (458 vs 437).
- Comparable number of stations (15 vs 12).
Matched on 4 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Cecil
- Comparable population density (381 vs 307).
- EMS transport role differs (full vs partial).
Matched on 3 shared verified fields.
Adjacent size baselines
Volunteer-based county system · Harford
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (458 vs 437).
- Comparable number of stations (15 vs 12).
Matched on 4 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Howard
- Comparable number of stations (15 vs 14).
- Different population density (381 vs 1,354).
- Different population served (174,478 vs 339,668).
Matched on 4 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
- RadioReference (Charles County fire services) — Charles County (MD) Fire Services station list · 2024 · accessed 2026-07-16
- • This organization has limited verified public data; matches are directional, not definitive.