Fire Departments
- Estimated number of fire departments in 2007: 30,185
- Estimated number of stations in the United States for 2005-2007: 51,950
- A fire department responds to a fire in the United States every 20.0 seconds
| Response | Number | % Change from 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Fires | 1,557,500 | -5.2 |
| Medical Aid | 15,784,000 | +4.8 |
| False Alarms | 2,208,500 | +4.1 |
| Mutual Aid/Assistance | 1,109,500 | -4.3 |
| Hazmat | 395,500 | +1.8 |
| Other Hazardous (Arcing wires, bomb removal, etc.) | 686,500 | +4.2 |
| All Other (Smoke scares, lock-outs, etc.) | 3,593,000 | +4.5 |
| TOTAL | 25,334,500 | +3.5 |
- Fire department types*: Career (7.5%), Mostly Career (5.8%), Mostly Volunteer (16.5%), All Volunteer (70.1%)
- 13% of all departments are career or mostly career and protect 62% of the U.S. population
- 87% of fire departments are volunteer or mostly volunteer and protect 38% of the population
- There are an estimated 68,050 pumpers and 6,750 aerial apparatus in the United States for 2005-2007
* Career=100% career firefighters, Mostly Career=51%-99% career firefighters, Mostly Volunteer=1%-50% career firefighters, Volunteer=100% volunteer firefighters
Source: National Fire Protection Association reports Fire Loss in the United States 2007 and U.S. Fire Department Profile Through 2007
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