page_title: Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services
section_title: Stations & Apparatus
hierarchical_section_title: Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services / Stations & Apparatus
caption_attribution_description: English: Howard County Maryland Banneker Fire Station
context_page_description: The Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services provides fire protection, rescue, and emergency medical services to Howard County, Maryland.
context_section_description: There are a total of 13 stations under the umbrella of the department, 5 of which are fully county staffed. The remaining 7 are career/volunteer combination stations. These firehouses are staffed with a combination of both paid personnel and volunteers. The volunteer departments, which are marked below with a V are as follows:
  Elkridge Volunteer Fire Department - Station 1
  Ellicott City Volunteer Fire Department - Stations 2 & 8
  West Friendship Volunteer Fire Department - Station 3
  Lisbon Volunteer Fire Company - Station 4
  Fifth District Volunteer Fire Department Clarksville - Station 5
  Savage Volunteer Fire Department - Station 6
caption: Station 7 5815 Banneker Road Columbia, Maryland
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