For the 34th year, the career fire service takes to the pages of Firehouse Magazine to share and compare statistics about company and department levels, funding, staffing and pay. A total of 255 fire departments took part in this year’s survey, representing 44 states, the District of Columbia and four Canadian provinces. The departments represented in this latest survey protect 85,841,193 people, and they have budgets totaling more than $15.2 billion. They provide the services with 4,092 engine companies, 1,485 ladder companies, 1,823 ambulances and numerous specialized units. They responded to 1,305,778 fire calls, 7,928,838 EMS calls and 11,162,241 total calls last year.
(Note: The incident and run statistics presented here are self-reported by fire departments. Some variations may exist between departments in the way the incidents and runs are calculated.)
Download the total calls list here.
