Facts About Volunteer Firefighters
Volunteers comprise 73% of firefighters in the United States.
Of the total estimated 1,078,300 firefighters across the country, 784,700 are volunteers.
The majority of fire departments in the United States are volunteers.
Of the total 26,354 fire departments in the country, 19,224 are all volunteer; 3,845 are mostly volunteer; 1,407 are mostly career; and 1,878 are all career.
Services contributed by Volunteer Firefighters save localities across the country an estimated $36.8 billion per year.
According to the National Association of Foresters,
Communities served by Volunteer Firefighters depend on them to be their first line of defense for many types of emergencies.
These emergencies include: fires, emergency medical incidents, terrorist events, natural disasters, hazardous materials incidents, water rescue emergencies, high angle and confined space emergencies and other general public service calls.
Volunteers invest a large amount of time serving their communities.
Time commitments include operational responses, training, fund raising, maintenance and administrative duties. Volunteering in the Fire and EMS service is one of the most demanding and time consuming volunteer activities today.
Fire is the third leading cause of accidental death in the home; at least 80 percent of all fire deaths occur in residences.
There are more than 2 million fires reported each year. Approximately 4,500 people die in fires in the US annually and an estimated 26,500 are injured. Direct property loss due to fire is estimated at $8.5 billion annually.
Volunteer Firefighters serve on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Urban Search and Rescue Teams.
Volunteers are often deployed to both national and international disaster scenes.
Mission Statement
It is the mission of Love Volunteer Fire Department to provide both emergency and non-emergency care, to the people that live, visit, and travel through the area served by the Love Volunteer Fire Department, without regard to race, creed, color, or financial status. These services include those emergencies both manmade and natural. We are constantly striving for improvement in the care delivered, the quality of members, patients, and members of the community.Our
mission is to protect the lives and property of the citizens by use of
Inspections, Education, Community Involvement, and when necessary Emergency
Response. Our primary goal is to protect and save lives, we accomplish this by
fire education to lower our responses.
The Love Volunteer Fire Department was established to serve the residents of the fire district in any way we can. Community involvement is the key to fulfilling our mission.