Volunteer fire department
A volunteer fire department (VFD) is a fire department of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction. Volunteer and retained (on-call) firefighters are expected to be on call to respond to emergency calls for long periods of time, and are summoned to the fire station when their services are needed. They are also expected to attend other non-emergency duties as well.
The Volunteer fire department of Swepsonville, North Carolina
The volunteer fire department of Puistola, Helsinki
A volunteer firefighter stands to the edge of a road.
Two Demorest, Georgia volunteer fire fighters respond to an emergency call.
A fire department or fire brigade, also known as a fire company, fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression services as well as other rescue services.
Fire department vehicles outside a fire station in Middleborough, Massachusetts, United States
Areal photograph of a public display by the German Fire Services
Fire Station No. 1 in Los Angeles, California, United States, one of over 100 stations in the Los Angeles Fire Department
Firefighters taking part in a training exercise in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
