Washington, D.C. – The United States Fire Administration (USFA) announces the release of data from the first phase of the National Fire Department Census. The first phase of the National Fire Department Census was conducted from October 2001 through the spring of 2002. This effort resulted in approximately 16,000 fire departments being registered with the census.
“This critical effort will provide the fire services; allied professions and the general public with accurate and current information about fire departments across the nation. As the role of the nation’s firefighters in homeland safety expands, this database will be an important resource,” said R. David Paulison the USFA Administrator.
The online directory of fire department data includes the department name, address, web address (if applicable), organization type (i.e., federal, state, local, etc.) and department type (i.e., career, volunteer, paid per call). Fire department personnel will be able to update their department’s data online. All changes to the database will be reviewed and verified by USFA staff.
To access or download the National Fire Department Census data, visithttp://www.usfa.fema.gov/applications/fdonline/.
USFA recently completed the second phase of data collection, which launched in September 2002 and continued through early January 2003. Additional forms were mailed out to encourage participation with the census. The data collected during this phase will be posted to the web site in the future.
For more information about the USFA’s National Fire Department Census, please contactcencus@fema.gov.
