Prince George's County
Context: Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department, 33 volunteer fire companies (PGCVFRA), IAFF Local 1619, 45 stations, 7 battalions. These names explain governance/deployment only — this jurisdiction is assessed once, not once per department or company.
NFPA Staffing Benchmark
Staffing-only · not a response-time or legal assessmentCBA §12.1(L): 'Effective May 1, 2026, the minimum staffing level at each station staffed by bargaining unit career employees shall be six (6) bargaining unit career employees, one (1) of whom shall be a supervisor. A minimum of four (4) bargaining unit career employees, one (1) of whom shall be a supervisor, shall be utilized as the crew for suppression apparatus responding from said station.' Term July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2026; the May 1, 2026 phase-in date has passed as of the access date, so this is the current binding floor. §12.1(B) confirms 'suppression apparatus' is used in contrast to dedicated EMS units, but the CBA does not separately name engine vs. truck vs. rescue squad — recorded as a general suppression-apparatus (engine-equivalent) minimum rather than assigned to a specific apparatus-type field. The county's own domain (princegeorgescountymd.gov) blocks automated fetch of this document (HTTP 403); it was retrieved via the County Council's Legistar record of the same signed CBA, filed as a legislative exhibit.
Disclosed on-duty staffing (4 per suppression apparatus (crew, of a 6-person station minimum; apparatus type not itemized separately as engine/truck/rescue by this source)) meets or exceeds the NFPA 1750:2026 baseline of 4 per company (applied to the career companies), per Prince George's County Government / IAFF Local 1619. Higher zone/risk company minimums (elevated 5, maximal 6), the effective response force, and response-time objectives were not assessed. Benchmark comparison only — not a legal compliance finding.
- Higher-risk (zone/hazard) staffing requirement not assessed
- Effective response force not assessed
- Response-time performance not assessed
Baseline company-staffing benchmark only. Higher zone/risk company minimums (elevated 5, maximal 6), the effective response force, and response-time objectives were not assessed. NFPA 1750 is a consensus standard unless adopted by the local Authority Having Jurisdiction.
NFPA 1750:2026 is a consensus deployment standard, not automatically a legal mandate. A department is legally bound only where its Authority Having Jurisdiction has adopted it. This assesses baseline company staffing only — not higher zone/risk staffing, effective response force, or response-time performance — and is not a legal finding.