Fire Departments Stats

Estimated number of fire departments in 2008: 30,170
Estimated number of stations in the United States for 2006-2008: 52,400
A fire department responds to a fire in the United States every 22.0 seconds
Fire department types*: Career (8%), Mostly Career (6%), Mostly Volunteer (16%), All Volunteer (70%)
14% of all departments are career or mostly career and protect 61% of the U.S. population
86% of fire departments are volunteer or mostly volunteer and protect 39% of the population
There are an estimated 68,200 pumpers, 6,725 aerial apparatus, and 75,300 other suppression vehicles (including tankers, brush vehicles, pumpers less than 1,000 gpm, hose usage, etc.) in the United States for 2006-2008