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  2. San Francisco Fire Department - Wikipedia

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    Volunteer Department: 1849-1866. The first great fire in San Francisco originated on Christmas Eve, 1849. By the time it burned itself out; fifty buildings were gone at a loss of $1,500,000. On Christmas night several citizens who had been firemen in the East met and formed fire companies.

  3. Volunteer fire department - Wikipedia

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    A volunteer fire department (VFD) is a fire department of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction. Volunteer and retained (on-call) firefighters are expected to be on call to respond to emergency calls for long periods of time, and are summoned to the fire station when their services ...

  4. Firefighting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A fire fighter's turnout gear staged in front of a fire engine. As of 2014, there were 1,134,400 firefighters in the United States (not including firefighters who work for the state or federal governments or in private fire departments). Of these, 346,150 (31%) are career and 788,250 (69%) are volunteer.

  5. List of fire departments in United States - Wikipedia

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    Alameda County Fire Department. Anaheim Fire & Rescue. Berkeley Fire Department. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Fresno Fire Department. Fullerton Fire Department. Holy Jim Volunteer Fire Department. Kern County Fire Department. Laguna Beach Fire Department.

  6. List of emergency and first responder agencies that responded ...

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    Aviation Volunteer Hose Co. #3 - volunteer fire department, NYC (disbanded) Jersey City Fire Department Only NJ Fire Department that received an official call for help from the FDNY. Newark Fire Department Newark Firefighters went to the scene via a Police Athletic League Bus and a Ferry despite direct orders from Dispatchers that any ...

  7. Combination fire department - Wikipedia

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    A combination fire department or composite department [1] is a type of fire department which consists of both career and volunteer firefighters. In the United States, combination fire departments are typically tax-supported in some fashion, and generally have an annual call volume larger than purely volunteer departments but less than career ...

  8. List of comparative firefighting ranks - Wikipedia

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    The following ranks are commonly found in indian fire departments. [3] Director general, fire and rescue services (head of the department) ( IPS cadre officer in the rank of DGP) Director/additional director. Regional fire officer/ divisional officer/joint director. District fire officer. Station officer, (in-charge of fire stations) Assistant ...

  9. Fire services in France - Wikipedia

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    Personnel strength of the French Fire Services 2015: Category Status Number of fire fighters and paramedics; Civilian fire services: professionals: 40,354 Civilian fire services: volunteers: 168,727 Volunteer fire brigades : volunteers: 13,631 Fire Services EMS: professionals volunteers: 11,910 Military fire services : military: 11,752 Military ...

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