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2015 National Run Survey - Part 2

July 1, 2016

The career fire service takes to the pages of Firehouse Magazine to share and compare statistics.

For the 35th 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 246 fire departments took part in this year’s survey, representing 45 states, the District of Columbia and 4 Canadian provinces. The departments represented in this latest survey protect 91,073,557, and they have budgets totaling more than $17.2 billion. They provide the services with 4,241 engine companies, 1,560 ladder companies, 1,568 ambulances and numerous specialized units. They responded to 2.3 million fire calls, 9.5 million EMS calls and 13 million total calls last year.

Download the survey here.

About the Author

Peter Matthews | Editor-in-Chief/Conference Director

Peter Matthews is the conference director and editor-in-chief of Firehouse. He has worked at Firehouse since 1999, serving in various roles on both Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com staffs. He completed an internship with the Rochester, NY, Fire Department and served with fire departments in Rush, NY, and Laurel, MD, and was a lieutenant with the Glenwood Fire Company in Glenwood, NY. Matthews served as photographer for the St. Paul, MN, Fire Department.

About the Author

Kevin Roche

Kevin M. Roche is a FACETS Consulting partner. He retired in 2014 as assistant to the fire chief for the Phoenix, AZ, Fire Department after a 24-year career. Kevin has over 30 years of fire service management and consulting experience. During his career in Phoenix, Kevin managed the fire department’s planning, fire prevention, and logistics operations. Kevin earned a B.S. degree in Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology from Oklahoma State University and a Master’s degree in Political Science with a Certificate in Public Administration from the University of Florida.