Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service
Montgomery · combination · Provides EMS transport · reporting year 2025
- Population served
- 1,082,273↗
- Area protected
- 493.145 sq mi↗
- Population densitycalc
- 2,195/sq mi↗
- Annual incidents
- 134,000↗
- EMS share of calls
- Unknown
- Stations
- 39↗
- Career personnel
- 1,270↗
- Volunteer personnel
- 1,165↗
- Typical on-duty staffing
- Unknown
- Operating budget
- $292.4M↗
- Funding per residentcalc
- $270/resident↗
“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) · Prince George's
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (493 vs 483).
- Comparable career personnel (1,270 vs 1,231).
- Comparable operating budget ($292,436,391 vs $314,948,400).
- Comparable population density (2,195 vs 2,003).
Matched on 7 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Baltimore County
- Comparable annual incident volume (134,000 vs 155,066).
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (493 vs 598).
- Comparable career personnel (1,270 vs 1,043).
Matched on 6 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Anne Arundel
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (493 vs 415).
- Different population served (1,082,273 vs 602,350).
Matched on 7 shared verified fields.
Independent municipal department · Baltimore City
- Comparable number of stations (39 vs 38).
- Comparable operating budget ($292,436,391 vs $327,235,541).
- Different area protected (sq mi) (493 vs 81).
- Different population density (2,195 vs 7,020).
- Staffing model differs (combination vs career).
Matched on 7 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Frederick
- Closest available match within the same comparison class; limited shared data — treat with caution.
- Different population density (2,195 vs 453).
- Different population served (1,082,273 vs 299,317).
Matched on 6 shared verified fields.
Adjacent size baselines
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Anne Arundel
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (493 vs 415).
- Different population served (1,082,273 vs 602,350).
Matched on 7 shared verified fields.
Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Prince George's
- Comparable area protected (sq mi) (493 vs 483).
- Comparable career personnel (1,270 vs 1,231).
- Comparable operating budget ($292,436,391 vs $314,948,400).
- Comparable population density (2,195 vs 2,003).
Matched on 7 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
- Wikipedia (citing MCFRS) — Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service · 2024 · accessed 2026-07-16
- Montgomery County Council — FY2025 Operating Budget — MCFRS appropriation · 2025 · accessed 2026-07-16