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This is a list of fire departments in the world. A fire department or fire brigade also known as a fire and rescue service or fire service is a public or private organization that provides firefighting, rescue and emergency medical services for a certain jurisdiction, which is typically a municipality, county or fire protection district.
Fire department vehicles outside a fire station in Middleborough, Massachusetts, United States. A fire department (North American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire company, fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression services as well as other rescue services.
34 Washington (state) 35 Wisconsin. 36 Washington D.C. 37 Puerto Rico. 38 See also. ... Gilbert Fire Department; Phoenix Fire Department; Prescott Fire Department ...
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.
Fire departments in New York (state) (3 C, 23 P) Fire departments in North Carolina (4 P) O. Fire departments in Ohio (6 P) Fire departments in Oklahoma ...
The LAFD is responsible for approximately four million people who live in the agency's 471 square miles (1,220 km 2) jurisdiction. [7] The Los Angeles Fire Department was founded in 1886 and is the third largest municipal fire department in the United States, after the New York City Fire Department and the Chicago Fire Department.
This fire is off Pine Road in Brentwood and Route 111A in Exeter, a large and fairly remote area. Brentwood Fire Chief Joe Bird said they first received a report of the fire Monday at about 10:30 p.m.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) provides firefighting and emergency medical services for the unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, California, [1] as well as 59 cities through contracting, including the city of La Habra, [4] which is located in Orange County and is the first city outside of Los Angeles County to contract with LACoFD.