2015 National Run Survey - Part 3 (PDF)

For the 35th year, the career fire service takes to the pages of Firehouse Magazine to share and compare statistics about company and department levels, funding, staffing and pay. A total of 246 fire departments took part in this year’s survey, representing 45 states, the District of Columbia and 4 Canadian provinces. The departments represented in this latest survey protect 91,073,557, and they have budgets totaling more than $17.2 billion. They provide the services with 4,241 engine companies, 1,560 ladder companies, 1,568 ambulances and numerous specialized units. They responded to 2.3 million fire calls, 9.5 million EMS calls and 13 million total calls last year.