Oklahoma - Fire Service Department Type

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Oklahoma Fire Department Types

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

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Departments Types of Oklahoma

Percentages are intentionally rounded for simplicity not precision, so please use them as insights only.

County	Career	Mostly Career	Mostly Volunteer	Volunteer	Total
Adair	-	-	8%	92%	12
Alfalfa	-	-	-	100%	7
Atoka	-	-	10%	90%	10
Beaver	-	-	-	100%	6
Beckham	-	25%	-	75%	4
Blaine	-	-	14%	86%	7
Bryan	6%	-	-	94%	17
Caddo	5%	5%	-	90%	20
Canadian	25%	12%	12%	50%	8
Carter	18%	-	-	82%	11
Cherokee	-	-	8%	92%	13
Choctaw	-	11%	-	89%	9
Cimarron	-	-	-	100%	3
Cleveland	29%	14%	-	57%	7
Coal	-	-	17%	83%	6
Comanche	6%	-	6%	89%	18
Cotton	-	-	33%	67%	3
Craig	12%	-	12%	75%	8
Creek	7%	-	13%	80%	15
Custer	-	-	33%	67%	6
Delaware	-	-	18%	82%	17
Dewey	-	-	-	100%	5
Ellis	-	-	-	100%	6
Garfield	29%	-	-	71%	7
Garvin	-	-	20%	80%	10
Grady	20%	-	60%	20%	5
Grant	-	-	-	100%	7
Greer	-	-	33%	67%	3
Harmon	-	-	-	100%	1
Harper	-	-	-	100%	3
Haskell	-	-	-	100%	9
Hughes	-	14%	-	86%	7
Jackson	9%	-	-	91%	11
Jefferson	-	-	17%	83%	6
Johnston	-	-	12%	88%	8
Kay	15%	-	15%	69%	13
Kingfisher	-	20%	-	80%	5
Kiowa	-	-	11%	89%	9
Latimer	-	-	-	100%	6
Le Flore	5%	-	5%	90%	20
Lincoln	-	-	25%	75%	12
Logan	12%	-	-	88%	8
Love	-	-	-	100%	11
Major	-	-	14%	86%	7
Marshall	-	-	10%	90%	10
Mayes	-	-	17%	83%	12
McClain	-	-	25%	75%	12
McCurtain	-	-	17%	83%	18
McIntosh	-	-	-	100%	15
Murray	-	-	17%	83%	6
Muskogee	6%	-	6%	89%	18
Noble	-	-	17%	83%	6
Nowata	-	-	17%	83%	6
Okfuskee	-	-	-	100%	8
Oklahoma	39%	7%	21%	32%	28
Okmulgee	10%	10%	-	80%	10
Osage	-	5%	9%	86%	22
Ottawa	10%	-	-	90%	10
Pawnee	-	-	25%	75%	4
Payne	29%	-	-	71%	7
Pittsburg	5%	-	-	95%	19
Pontotoc	8%	-	-	92%	13
Pottawatomie	12%	-	25%	62%	8
Pushmataha	-	-	10%	90%	10
Roger Mills	-	-	-	100%	6
Rogers	10%	-	50%	40%	10
Seminole	-	20%	-	80%	5
Sequoyah	-	-	5%	95%	19
Stephens	20%	-	10%	70%	10
Texas	-	-	14%	86%	7
Tillman	-	-	25%	75%	4
Tulsa	22%	28%	11%	39%	18
Wagoner	-	10%	10%	80%	10
Washington	11%	-	-	89%	9
Washita	-	-	10%	90%	10
Woods	-	-	20%	80%	5
Woodward	-	20%	-	80%	5

Firefighter / Personnel Numbers of Oklahoma

Here the personnel numbers by county for volunteer and career agencies within Oklahoma.

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Here are the fire department identifiers (FDIDs) for agencies within Oklahoma. NFIRS FDIDs are required for submitting NFIRS reports with mutual aid or automatic aid with those departments.

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