Harford County Division of Emergency Services (Fire & EMS)
Harford · combination · Provides EMS transport · reporting year 2024
- Population served
- 265,514↗
- Area protected
- 437.125 sq mi↗
- Population densitycalc
- 607/sq mi↗
- Annual incidents
- Unknown
- EMS share of calls
- Unknown
- Stations
- 12↗
- Career personnel
- 150↗
- 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 area protected (sq mi) (437 vs 448).
- Comparable number of stations (12 vs 14).
- Comparable career personnel (150 vs 186).
Matched on 5 shared verified fields.
Volunteer-based county system · Charles
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (437 vs 458).
- Comparable number of stations (12 vs 15).
Matched on 4 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Washington
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (437 vs 458).
- Different population density (607 vs 344).
- Different population served (265,514 vs 157,228).
Matched on 5 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Howard
- Comparable number of stations (12 vs 14).
- Different career personnel (150 vs 517).
- Different population density (607 vs 1,354).
Matched on 5 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · St. Mary's
- Comparable number of stations (12 vs 13).
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (437 vs 359).
- Different population served (265,514 vs 116,469).
- Different population density (607 vs 325).
Matched on 4 shared verified fields.
Adjacent size baselines
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Carroll
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (437 vs 448).
- Comparable number of stations (12 vs 14).
- Comparable career personnel (150 vs 186).
Matched on 5 shared verified fields.
Volunteer-based county system · Charles
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (437 vs 458).
- Comparable number of stations (12 vs 15).
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
- Harford County Division of Emergency Services — Emergency Services · 2024 · accessed 2026-07-16
- University of Maryland EMS (Harford Co profile) — Harford County DES EMS profile · 2024 · accessed 2026-07-16