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

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or fire protection district.

Fire departments

Albania

* Fire and Rescue Services of Albania

Andorra

* Andorran National Fire Brigade

Australia

ACT Fire and Rescue The ACT Fire and Rescue (previously known as ACT Fire Brigade) is the urban fire and rescue service for the Australian Capital Territory. It along with the ACT Ambulance Service, ACT State Emergency Service and ACT Rural Fire Service are part o ...

* Australian Capital Territory Rural Fire Service *

Fire and Rescue New South Wales Fire and Rescue New South Wales (previously known as New South Wales Fire Brigades), an agency of the Government of New South Wales, Australia, is responsible for firefighting, rescue and HazMat services in the major cities, metropolitan areas ...

New South Wales Rural Fire Service The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) is a volunteer-based firefighting agency and statutory body of the Government of New South Wales. The NSW RFS is responsible for fire protection to approximately 95% of the land area of New South ...

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services The Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) is the primary provider of fire and emergency services in Queensland, Australia. The QFES was established in 2013 to improve the coordination and planning of emergency services, adopting an "a ...

* South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service *

Country Fire Service The South Australian Country Fire Service (SACFS, commonly abbreviated as CFS) is a volunteer based fire service in the Australian state of South Australia. The CFS has responsibility as the Control Agency for firefighting and Hazardous Waste ...

Tasmania Fire Service The Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) is the Tasmanian Government agency responsible for fire suppression and control for the state of Tasmania and its surrounding islands. Established on 1 November 1979 as a result of enacting the ''Fire Service Act ...

* Fire Rescue Victoria *

Country Fire Authority The Country Fire Authority (CFA) is a volunteer fire service responsible for fire suppression, rescues, and response to other accidents and hazards across most of the state Victoria, Australia. CFA comprises over 1,200 brigades organised in 2 ...

Department of Fire and Emergency Services The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) is a government department that is responsible for fire and emergency services in Western Australia. The department came into being in 2012 as a result of the Perth Hills Bush Fire review.DFES ...

Austria

* Austrian Fire Brigade Association

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence The Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence (FSCD) of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is an emergency service operating under the Security Services Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Department's main goal is to provide fire protect ...

Brazil

Firefighters Corps of Paraná State In the State of Paraná, Brazil, the Firefighters Corps ( pt, Corpo de Bombeiros) is part of the structure of the Military Police of State. The mission of the Firefighters Corps is the implementation of activities of Civil Defense, prevention a ...

* Military Firefighters Corps

Canada

Canadian Forces Fire Fighters Canadian Forces Fire and Emergency Services provide fire and emergency services to Canadian Forces land bases in Canada where local services are not available or sufficient. Some bases also require airport fire fighting capabilities, especially t ...

Toronto Fire Services Toronto Fire Services (TFS) provides fire protection, technical rescue services, hazardous materials response, and first responder emergency medical assistance in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto Fire Services is currently the largest municipal f ...

Vaughan Fire and Rescue Services Vaughan Fire and Rescue Services (VFRS) provides fire protection, technical rescue services, hazardous materials response, and first responder emergency medical assistance to the city of Vaughan, Ontario. It operates 10 fire stations and coordinat ...

* Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services * Ottawa Fire Services * Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services * Service de sécurité incendie de l'agglomération de Longueuil * Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal *

Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Services provides fire protection, rescue and first responder assistance throughout Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. History Halifax originated as a British fortification in 1749, followed by Dartmouth in 1750 ...

* Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service *

Edmonton Fire Rescue Services Edmonton Fire Rescue Services (also Edmonton Fire and Rescue Services) is the fire department for the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Edmonton Fire Department began as a volunteer fire corps in 1891 and the first full department was cre ...

* Calgary Fire Department

Chile

* Cuerpo de Bomberos de Santiago

China

China Fire and Rescue China Fire and Rescue Force ( zh, 中国消防救援队) is the state emergency service force for firefighting and rescue in China, which is part of the civil service and administrated by the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM). China Fire a ...

Hong Kong Fire Services Department The Hong Kong Fire Services Department is an emergency service responsible for firefighting and rescue on land and sea. It also provides an emergency ambulance service for the sick and the injured and gives fire protection advice to the pub ...

Fire Services Bureau The Fire Services Bureau (; pt, Corpo de Bombeiros, CB) is responsible for fire and rescue services in Macau. Volunteer fire brigades in Macau dates back to 1851 and full-time department in 1883. Prior to 1851, the Portuguese military provided ...

Cyprus

Cyprus Fire Service The Cyprus Fire Service (Greek: , tr, Kıbrıs İtfaiyesi) is the national firefighting service of Cyprus, with the principle task of undertaking of rescues from building rubble, the highlands, water bodies (sea, dams etc.), major traffic accide ...

Denmark

* Greater Copenhagen Fire Department

Estonia

* Estonian Rescue Board

France

* Marseille Naval Fire Battalion *

Paris Fire Brigade The Paris Fire Brigade (french: Brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris, BSPP) is a French Army unit which serves as the primary fire and rescue service for Paris, the city's inner suburbs and certain sites of national strategic importance. The ...

Germany

* Bundeswehr-Feuerwehr * German fire services * Giebelstadt Fire Department

Ghana

* Ghana National Fire and Rescue Service

Greece

Hellenic Fire Service The Hellenic Fire Service ( el, Πυροσβεστικό Σώμα, Pyrosvestiko Soma) is the national agency of Greece for fire and rescue service. It is part of the Ministry for Citizen Protection. (today the 15% of the strength). Volunteers ...

India

List of Indian fire, safety and disaster management system. * Fire wing of

Central Industrial Security Force The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is a federal police organisation in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is one among the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). CISF provides security to over 356 industrial units (including ...

(CISF) * Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Response and Fire Services Department * Chandigarh Fire and Emergency Services *

Delhi Fire Service Delhi Fire Service (DFS) is the state-owned service that attends fire/rescue calls in the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. The service consists of 61 fire stations and 3616 personnel (3280 firefighter A firefighter is a first r ...

* Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Goa *

Kerala Fire And Rescue Services The Kerala Fire and Rescue Services is the service department of the Government of Kerala whose function is to fight fires and provide relief measures in times of calamities and disasters in Kerala. It is responsible for the provision of fire ...

Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services The Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services Department is a department of the Government of Karnataka that is the foremost disaster management body in Karnataka, India. Background All buildings in the state are required to obtain a complian ...

* Mumbai Fire Brigade *

Odisha Fire Service Odisha Fire Service (OFS) is the state owned service that attends firefighting/ rescue calls throughout the Indian state of Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in East ...

Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services The Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services department is a service department of the Government of Tamil Nadu whose function is to fight fires and provide relief measures in times of calamities and disasters in Tamil Nadu. Having 331 fire and ...

* Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency Services * West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services

Indonesia

* Dinas Penanggulangan Kebakaran Dan Penyelamatan Kota Tanjung Pinang

Ireland

Cork City Fire Brigade The Cork City Fire Brigade ( ga, Briogáid Dóiteáin Chathair Chorcaí) is the local authority fire and rescue service for Cork City and its surrounding suburbs. It is a branch of Cork City Council. There are currently three fire stations in us ...

Dublin Fire Brigade The Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB; ga, Briogáid Dóiteáin Átha Cliath) is the local authority fire and rescue service and ambulance service for Dublin City and the majority of the Greater Dublin Area. It is a branch of Dublin City Council. T ...

* 25 County Fire Brigades (one for each County except Dublin)

Israel

Israel Fire and Rescue Services The Israel Fire and Rescue Services (Hebrew: כבאות והצלה לישראל, ''Kaba'ut VeHatzala Le'Israel''; also שירותי כבאות להצלה, ''Sherutei Kaba'ut VeHatzala'') is the national Israeli fire and rescue organization. The ...

Italy

Vigiles The ''Vigiles'' or more properly the ''Vigiles Urbani'' ("watchmen of the City") or ''Cohortes Vigilum'' ("cohorts of the watchmen") were the firefighters and police of ancient Rome. History The ''Triumviri Nocturni'' (meaning ''three men of th ...

– the firefighters and police of

Ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom ...

Vigili del Fuoco The Vigili del Fuoco is Italy's institutional agency for fire and rescue service. It is part of the Ministry of Interior's ''Dipartimento dei Vigili del Fuoco, del Soccorso Pubblico e della Difesa Civile'' (Department of Firefighters, Public Re ...

Jamaica

Jamaica Fire Brigade The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is a Department of the Ministry of Local Government of Jamaica and is the fire brigade of Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest is ...

Japan

Tokyo Fire Department The Tokyo Fire Department (TFD) (Japanese: 東京消防庁, Tokyo Shōbōchō) is a fire department headquartered in Ōtemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

Malaysia

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Morocco

* Maroc Protection Civile

New Zealand

* Fire and Emergency New Zealand

Nicaragua

* Benemerito Cuerpo de Bomberos de Masaya (Masaya, Nicaragua)

Nigeria

* Rivers State Fire Service

Pakistan

* Karachi Fire Department * Rescue 1122, Punjab, KPK and Azad Jamu Kashmir

Philippines

Bureau of Fire Protection The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP; Filipino: ''Kawanihan ng Pagtatanggol sa Sunog'') is the government body in the Philippines responsible for the provision of fire services. It is under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and L ...

** Bureau of Fire Protection National Capital Region ** Bureau of Fire Protection Region I ** Bureau of Fire Protection Region III ** Bureau of Fire Protection Region IVA ** Bureau of Fire Protection Region IVB ** Bureau of Fire Protection Region VI ** Fire District II ** Fire District III ** Fire District IV **

Manila Fire District Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital city, capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, highly urbanize ...

** Quezon City Fire District ** Valenzuela City Fire Department *

Davao City Davao City, officially the City of Davao ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Dabaw; ), is a first class highly urbanized city in the Davao Region, Philippines. The city has a total land area of , making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land ...

Central 911 - Fire Auxiliary Service * Freeport Area of Bataan - Fire and Rescue * Clark Development Corporations - Public Safety Department * Camp John Hay Fire Department * Manila International Airport Authority - Fire and Rescue * Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority - Fire Department

Poland

* Państwowa Straż Pożarna (PSP) - State Fire Brigade (mostly present in cities) * Ochotnicza Straż Pożarna (OSP) - Volunteer Fire Brigade (mostly present in the countryside and in rural areas)

Romania

Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations The Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations ( ro, Inspectoratul General pentru Situaţii de Urgenţă - IGSU) is a public structure subordinated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, created on December 15, 2004, by merging the Civ ...

Russia

Russian State Fire Service Russian State Fire Service (russian: Государственная противопожарная служба, ''Gosudarstvennaya protivopozharnaya sluzhba'') is the highest fire service body of Russian Federation. A part of the Ministry of Em ...

Singapore

Singapore Civil Defence Force The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) is an uniformed organisation in Singapore under the Ministry of Home Affairs that provides emergency services such as firefighting, technical rescue, and emergency medical services, and coordinates nati ...

South Korea

* Korea Fire Service * Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Management Department

Spain

Autonomous Communities Fire Services

*Castilla y León - Grupo de Especialistas Bomberos de Castilla y Leon *Catalonia - Corps of Firefighters of Catalonia

City Fire Services

*Barcelona - Bombers de Barcelona

Taiwan

National Fire Agency The National Fire Agency of the Ministry of the Interior (NFA; ) is a statutory agency under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The agency provides emergency medical, fire prevention, firefighting and disaster rescue s ...

Tunisia

* National Office for Civil Protection

United Arab Emirates

* Dubai Civil Defense * Abudhabi Civil Defense * Sharjah Civil Defense * Ajman Civil Defense * The General Command of the Civil Defence- RAK

United Kingdom

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London Fire Brigade The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the fire and rescue service for London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It was formed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865, under the leadership of superintendent Eyre Massey Shaw. It has 5,992staff, inc ...

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS; ga, Sheirbhís Dóiteáin & Tarrthála Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: '; formerly Northern Ireland Fire Brigade) is the statutory fire and rescue service for Northern Ireland. The NIFR ...

United States

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US Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages of land. Major divisions of the agency in ...

fire fighting section

By state

List of California fire departments This is a list of fire departments in California. California fire departments Alameda County * Alameda County Fire Department Amador County * Amador County Volunteer Protection District Orange County,California * Anaheim Fire & Rescue So ...

* List of Florida fire departments * List of Georgia fire departments * List of fire departments in Illinois * Fire departments in Maryland * List of New York fire departments *

List of Pennsylvania fire departments This is a list of fire departments in Pennsylvania organized by county. Allegheny County * Aleppo Township VFC (Aleppo, Sewickley Heights), Station 101 * Allegheny County Airport Authority Fire & Rescue, Station 100 * Allegheny County Haz ...

* List of Tennessee fire departments * List of Texas fire departments * List of Virginia fire departments

By county

* Eastside Fire and Rescue (King County, Washington) * List of fire departments in Orleans County, New York *

Los Angeles County Fire Department The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) provides firefighting services as well as technical rescue services, hazardous materials response services and emergency medical response services for the unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County ...

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department (MDFR) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the unincorporated parts of Miami-Dade County, Florida, along with 30 municipalities located within the county. In all the department is respo ...

* Fire departments of Morris County, New Jersey *

Santa Barbara County Fire Department The Santa Barbara County Fire Department (SBCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Santa Barbara County, California, and for multiple cities within the county. Together, these areas compose ...

* Unified Fire Authority (Salt Lake County, Utah)

By city

Anchorage Fire Department The Anchorage Fire Department (AFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Anchorage, Alaska. Areas that are served by department include the incorporated areas of downtown Anchorage, Bird, Bootleggers Cove, Ea ...

Atlanta Fire Rescue Department The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department provides fire protection and first responder emergency medical services to the city of Atlanta, Georgia. The department is responsible for an area of with over 519,000 residents. As of January 21, 2021, the F ...

* Bellevue Fire Department *

Boston Fire Department The Boston Fire Department provides fire protection and first responder emergency medical services to the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It also responds to such incidents as motor vehicle accidents, hazardous material spills, utility mishaps, ...

* Capital City Fire/Rescue (Juneau, Alaska) * Charlotte Fire Department *

Chicago Fire Department The Chicago Fire Department (CFD) provides fire suppression, rescue services, Hazardous Materials Response services and emergency medical response services to the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of Chi ...

* Denver Fire Department *

Indianapolis Fire Department The Indianapolis Fire Department (IFD) provides fire and rescue protection and emergency medical services to the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. In total the department serves . History The first fire department in Indianapolis was not founded u ...

* Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department * Los Angeles City Fire Department * North Las Vegas Fire Department * Miami Fire-Rescue Department *

Milwaukee Fire Department The Milwaukee Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The department is responsible for an area of with a population of 594,833. It is the largest fire department in the Stat ...

New York City Fire Department The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), is an American department of the government of New York City that provides fire protection services, technical rescue/special operations services, ...

Philadelphia Fire Department The Philadelphia Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services (EMS) to the city of Philadelphia. The PFD's official mission is to protect public safety by quick and professional response to emergencies and through the pro ...

* Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire *

Phoenix Fire Department The Phoenix Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Phoenix, Arizona. The department responded to 186,594 calls during 2014–2015, with 88% being for emergency medical services. The Phoenix Fire ...

* Raleigh Fire Department *

San Francisco Fire Department The San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) provides firefighting, hazardous materials response services, technical rescue services and emergency medical response services to the City and County of San Francisco, California. History Volunteer Depa ...

Seattle Fire Department The Seattle Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. The department is responsible for an area of , including of waterfront, with a population of 713,700. There is ...

* St. Louis Fire Department * Vancouver Washington Fire Department

Vatican City State

Corps of Firefighters of the Vatican City State The Corps of Firefighters of the Vatican City State ( it, Corpo dei vigili del fuoco dello Stato della Città del Vaticano) is the fire brigade of the Vatican City State. It was founded in its present form by Pope Pius XII in 1941, although its o ...

Venezuela

* Cuerpo de Bomberos Universidad Central de Venezuela

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