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Firehouse Run Report 2019: The Country’s Busiest Departments and Ambulances
Courtesy of Firehouse Magazine, EMS World presents the 2018 Firehouse National Run Survey—a comprehensive report of fire company and department levels, funding, staffing, and pay for 184 fire departments that took part in this year’s survey.
According to Firehouse, the departments represented in this latest survey protect nearly 77 million people and have budgets totaling more than $28 billion. They provide services with 3,320 engine companies, 1,236 ladder companies, 1,578 ambulances, and numerous specialized units. They responded to nearly 1.3 million fire calls, over 9.1 million EMS calls, and over 12 million total calls in 2018.
This document is an excerpt of the total survey. Visit www.firehouse.com for full results and more information.
Top 10 Busiest Ambulances
Department Name Ambulance Total Calls
Philadelphia, PA M8 10,096
Chicago, IL A10 8,189
St. Louis, MO M10 7,417
Baltimore City, MD M4 7,219
Washington, DC A6 6,896
Los Angeles City, CA RA809 6,882
Paterson, NJ A91 6,873
Corpus Christi, TX M3 6,232
Montgomery Co., MD A742 6,059
Miami-Dade Co., FL R202 6,003
Most Ambulances by Department
Department Name Ambulances Total Calls
Los Angeles City, CA 147 174
Chicago, IL 80 154
San Francisco, CA 56 76
Miami-Dade Co., FL 56 104
Houston, TX 56 48
Philadelphia, PA 55 42
Jacksonville, FL 54 124
Palm Beach Co., FL 53 106
Orange County, FL 48 91
Baltimore, MD 37 27
Busiest Departments by Total Calls
Department Name Total Calls Total Fire Calls Total EMS Calls
New York, NY 2,200,000 40,783 2,128,560
Chicago, IL 854,595 214,347 363,227
Los Angeles City, CA 452,826 70,698 382,128
Los Angeles Co., CA 392,872 8,574 330,059
Philadelphia, PA 348,767 50,870 280,923
Houston, TX 340,810 44,459 296,346
Dallas, TX 323,792 9,224 187,632
Miami-Dade Co., FL 251,346 24,434 186,946
Phoenix, AZ 218,882 21,693 188,258
Washington, DC 207,490 35,071 168,101
San Antonio, TX 195,775 37,078 158,167
Baltimore City, MD 193,946 37,778 156,168
San Bernardino Co., CA 171,086 8,148 150,599
Prince George’s Co., MD 151,538 30,630 120,908
Jacksonville, FL 151,237 16,734 129,032
San Francisco, CA 149,135 29,370 119,765
Memphis, TN 145,033 21,624 123,399
Orange County, CA 142,516 2,244 107,501
Palm Beach Co., FL 135,647 1,138 117,371
Charlotte, NC 127,983 2,175 83,415
Orange County, FL 126,749 31,294 91,128
Montgomery Co., MD 123,769 26,756 93,832
Nashville, TN 120,153 2,370 87,242
St. Louis, MO 119,055 58,786 60,269
Denver, CO 118,257 2,335 77,735
