Fire Service Information - Fire Service Department Types - Fire Service Personnel
National Fire Incident Reporting System. Reporting by Responserack Fire Department NFIRS RMS.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) definition of department type is as follows:
| Department Type | Definition |
|---|---|
| Career | All firefighters are career / paid firefighters |
| Mostly Career | More than half of the firefighters are career / paid firefighters |
| Mostly Volunteer | More than half of the firefighters are volunteer / un-paid firefighters |
| Volunteer | All of the firefighters are volunteer / un-paid firefighters |
The information below is based solely upon fire departments that have registered with the National Fire Service Registry. If you have not registered your fire department, please do so, it is free and contributes to a complete picture of the fire services. Check out some Quick Facts from the registry.
Percentages are intentionally rounded for simplicity not precision, so please use them as insights only.
| County | Career | Mostly Career | Mostly Volunteer | Volunteer | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson City | - | 50% | 50% | - | 2 |
| Churchill | - | - | - | 100% | 1 |
| Clark | 50% | 38% | - | 12% | 8 |
| Douglas | 25% | - | 25% | 50% | 4 |
| Elko | - | 6% | 44% | 50% | 16 |
| Esmeralda | - | - | - | 100% | 4 |
| Eureka | - | - | - | 100% | 1 |
| Humboldt | - | - | 43% | 57% | 7 |
| Lander | - | - | - | 100% | 3 |
| Lincoln | - | - | 33% | 67% | 3 |
| Lyon | - | 50% | 25% | 25% | 4 |
| Mineral | 20% | - | 20% | 60% | 5 |
| Nye | 22% | 22% | 22% | 33% | 9 |
| Pershing | - | - | - | 100% | 3 |
| Storey | - | - | 100% | - | 2 |
| Washoe | 46% | 8% | - | 46% | 13 |
| White Pine | - | - | 14% | 86% | 7 |
Here the personnel numbers by county for volunteer and career agencies within Nevada.
Here are the fire department identifiers (FDIDs) for agencies within Nevada. NFIRS FDIDs are required for submitting NFIRS reports with mutual aid or automatic aid with those departments.
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