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Fighting a fire in New York City, 1869 illustration. On 1 April 1853, Cincinnati, Ohio featured the first career fire department made up of 100% full-time employees. In 2015, 70% of firefighters in the United States were volunteers. Only 4% of calls regarded actual fires, while 64% regarded medical aid, and 8% were false alarms. [6]
Whether the department is made of career members, volunteers or a combination of both. commissioner The name of the commissioner of the department. (Not all departments have a fire commissioner.) chief The name of the fire chief for the department. captain The name of the fire captain for the department. (Not all departments have a fire captain.
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Fire departments may also have unsworn or non-uniformed members in non-firefighting capacities such as administration and civilian oversight, e.g., a board of commissioners. While adhering to a paramilitary command structure, most fire departments operate on a much less formal basis than the military.
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In many fire departments in the U.S., the captain is commonly the commander of a company and a lieutenant is the supervisor of the company's firefighters on shift. There is no state or federal rank structure for firefighters and each municipality or volunteer fire department creates and uses their own unique structure.
Those generic-looking badges had been in use since the 1950s, the department said in a statement. “(The old badge) could be any other police agency. That is a very standard badge design.
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