2012 National Run Survey - Part 1

For the 32nd year, the career fire service takes to the pages of Firehouse Magazine to share and compare statistics about company and department activity levels, funding, staffing and pay. A total of 235 fire departments took part in this year’s survey, representing 46 states and four Canadian provinces. The departments represented in this latest survey protect 87,291,480 people and they have budgets totaling nearly $16 billion (budgets are listed in millions of dollars). They provide this service with 4,081 engine companies, 1,473 ladder companies, 2,270 ambulances and numerous specialized units. They responded to 1,977,530 fire calls, 8,637,125 EMS calls and 13,178,972 total calls last year.