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Ocean City Fire Department

Worcester · combination · Provides EMS transport · reporting year 2025

Data confidence: Moderate (67/100) · 7/11 fields
Combination career + volunteerLarge seasonal surgeEMS transport
Population served
6,884↗
Area protected
4.425 sq mi↗
Population densitycalc
1,556/sq mi↗
Annual incidents
7,000↗
EMS share of calls
Unknown
Stations
5↗
Career personnel
100↗
Volunteer personnel
200↗
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
28/100

size of the organization (percentile among MD systems)

Operational scale
3/100

workload handled (percentile) — not quality

Data confidence
67/100

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

Cumberland Fire Department

Independent municipal department · Allegany

Similarity 57/100
18,643
Population served
7,691
Annual incidents
2
Stations
  • Comparable annual incident volume (7,000 vs 7,691).
  • Comparable population density (1,556 vs 1,840).
  • Different population served (6,884 vs 18,643).
  • Different number of stations (5 vs 2).
  • Staffing model differs (combination vs career).

Matched on 6 shared verified fields.

Salisbury Fire Department

Independent municipal department · Wicomico

Similarity 46/100
33,616
Population served
13,581
Annual incidents
3
Stations
  • Closest available match within the same comparison class; limited shared data — treat with caution.
  • Different population served (6,884 vs 33,616).
  • Different area protected (sq mi) (4 vs 14).

Matched on 6 shared verified fields.

Annapolis Fire Department

Independent municipal department · Anne Arundel

Similarity 45/100
40,689
Population served
13,626
Annual incidents
3
Stations
  • Closest available match within the same comparison class; limited shared data — treat with caution.
  • Different population served (6,884 vs 40,689).
  • Different population density (1,556 vs 5,647).
  • Staffing model differs (combination vs career).

Matched on 6 shared verified fields.

Hagerstown Fire Department

Independent municipal department · Washington

Similarity 45/100
43,909
Population served
Unknown
Annual incidents
6
Stations
  • Comparable number of stations (5 vs 6).
  • Different population served (6,884 vs 43,909).
  • Different area protected (sq mi) (4 vs 13).
  • EMS transport role differs (full vs none).

Matched on 5 shared verified fields.

Calvert County Fire-Rescue-EMS (Public Safety)

Combination county system (career + volunteer) · Calvert

Similarity 39/100
94,913
Population served
13,825
Annual incidents
7
Stations
  • Closest available match within the same comparison class; limited shared data — treat with caution.
  • Different area protected (sq mi) (4 vs 213).
  • Different population served (6,884 vs 94,913).

Matched on 6 shared verified fields.

Adjacent size baselines

No adjacent smaller organization within the comparison window.
No adjacent larger organization within the comparison window.

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).

  • • No adjacent smaller organization within the comparison window.
  • • No adjacent larger organization within the comparison window.
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