- Author
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Karter, M. J., Jr.
- Title
- U. S. Fire Department Profile Through 2006.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Report
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NFPA USS07,
November 2007,
29 p.
- Keywords
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fire departments
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fire statistics
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fire fighters
- Identifiers
- career fire fighters; volunteer fire fighters
- Abstract
- NFPA estimates that there were approximately 1,140,900 firefighters in the U.S. in 2006. Of the total number of firefighters 316,950 or 28% were career firefighters and 823,950 (72%) were volunteer firefighters. Most of the career firefighters (76%) are in communities that protect 25,000 or more people. Most of the volunteer firefighters (95%) are in departments that protect fewer than 2,500 people. There are an estimated 30,635 fire departments in the U.S. Of these, 2,321 departments are all career, 1,731 mostly career, 5,134 are mostly volunteer and 21,449 are all volunteer. In the U.S., 13,370 or 44% of departments provide EMS service, 4,430 departments or 14% provide EMS service and advance life support, while 12,835 departments or 42% provide no EMS support.