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Some Quick Fire Service Statistics
(The U.S. Fire Administration posts figures about every two years.)

Fire Departments

• 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

The Overall Fire Picture - 2008

• There were 3,320 civilians that lost their lives as the result of fire.
• There were 16,705 civilian injuries that occurred as the result of fire.
• There were 118 firefighters killed while on duty.
  Fire killed more Americans than all natural disasters combined.
• 84 percent of all civilian fire deaths occurred in residences.
• There were an estimated 1.5 million fires in 2008.
• Direct property loss due to fires was estimated at $15.5 billion. This figure includes the 2008 California Wildfires with an estimated loss of $1.4 billion.
• An estimated 32,500 intentionally set structure fires resulted in 315 civilian deaths.
• Intentionally set structure fires resulted in an estimated $866 million in property damage.
  (Source: U.S. Fire Administration.)

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