Hagerstown Fire Department
Washington · combination · No EMS transport (separate provider) · reporting year 2025
- Population served
- 43,909↗
- Area protected
- 12.921 sq mi↗
- Population densitycalc
- 3,398/sq mi↗
- Annual incidents
- Unknown
- EMS share of calls
- Unknown
- Stations
- 6↗
- Career personnel
- 69↗
- Volunteer personnel
- Unknown
- Typical on-duty staffing
- 15↗
- 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
Independent municipal department · Wicomico
- Comparable career personnel (69 vs 72).
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (13 vs 14).
- Different number of stations (6 vs 3).
- EMS transport role differs (none vs full).
Matched on 5 shared verified fields.
Independent municipal department · Anne Arundel
- Comparable population served (43,909 vs 40,689).
- Different number of stations (6 vs 3).
- Different career personnel (69 vs 137).
- Staffing model differs (combination vs career).
- EMS transport role differs (none vs full).
Matched on 5 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Calvert
- Comparable career personnel (69 vs 69).
- Comparable number of stations (6 vs 7).
- Different area protected (sq mi) (13 vs 213).
- Different population density (3,398 vs 445).
- EMS transport role differs (none vs full).
Matched on 5 shared verified fields.
Independent municipal department · Allegany
- Closest available match within the same comparison class; limited shared data — treat with caution.
- Different number of stations (6 vs 2).
- Different population served (43,909 vs 18,643).
- Staffing model differs (combination vs career).
- EMS transport role differs (none vs full).
Matched on 5 shared verified fields.
Independent municipal department · Worcester
- Comparable number of stations (6 vs 5).
- Different population served (43,909 vs 6,884).
- Different area protected (sq mi) (13 vs 4).
- EMS transport role differs (none vs full).
Matched on 5 shared verified fields.
Adjacent size baselines
Independent municipal department · Wicomico
- Comparable career personnel (69 vs 72).
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (13 vs 14).
- Different number of stations (6 vs 3).
- EMS transport role differs (none vs full).
Matched on 5 shared verified fields.
Independent municipal department · Anne Arundel
- Comparable population served (43,909 vs 40,689).
- Different number of stations (6 vs 3).
- Different career personnel (69 vs 137).
- Staffing model differs (combination vs career).
- EMS transport role differs (none vs full).
Matched on 5 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
- Hagerstown Fire Department — About HFD · 2025 · accessed 2026-07-16
- marylandfirefighters.com (Hagerstown FD) — Hagerstown Fire Department roster · 2025 · accessed 2026-07-16