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Top 25 Volunteer fire departments worldwide
RevenueBase identified 1,330 volunteer fire departments worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 9,494 professional contacts across them, including 2,706 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and Pittsburgh the largest hub.
This list covers volunteer fire departments worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for volunteer fire departments follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest volunteer fire departments worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 663 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Chicago Fire Department (CFD) promotes fire safety, provides emergency care, and extinguishes fires.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 210 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Contra Costa County Fire Protection District operates with a highly trained team of more than 670 firefighters and professional staff, responding from 37 strategically placed fire…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 132 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Santa Barbara County Fire Department serves and safeguards the community from the impacts of fires, medical emergencies, environmental emergencies, and natural disasters…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PF & R is Oregon’s largest fire and emergency services provider.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 100 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Boone County Fire Protection District is the largest volunteer fire department in the State of Missouri.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 98 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In der viertgrößten Feuerwehr Deutschlands engagieren sich rund 3.100 Frauen und Männer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Central Pierce Fire & Rescue proudly serves a growing and diverse community in Pierce County, Washington.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Christiana Fire Company has the tremendous task of providing fire protection, rescue and basic life support ambulance service to the residents of our district, which comprises…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We currently serve a twenty-six square mile area with a population of approximately people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “MADISON FIRE DEPARTMENT is a public safety company based out of 120 N MARKET ST, MADISON, North Carolina, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CARS is a volunteer rescue squad with approximately 100 active members.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Feuerwehr und Rettungsdienst der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Atascocita Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD) is an all hazards, emergency response organization located in Northeast Harris County in Texas, U.S.A.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department (AVFRD) is committed to protecting the lives and property of Ashburn and Loudoun County residents and visitors by providing the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Spring Fire Department is a combination fire department with Full Time, Part Time and Volunteer Personnel, located in Northwest Harris County, Texas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Commack Volunteer Ambulance Corps was founded in 1966 when a group of local residents joined together after the tragic loss of a child.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1955, the Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad (WVRS) is a volunteer, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation that provides emergency services to any person in need.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CIHVA is the 2nd busiest ambulance service in Suffolk County, NY.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Bellevue Fire Company began just after the end of WWII in 1947.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since its founding in 1948, Evergreen’s volunteer fire department has evolved from an organization of men dedicated to extinguishing fires to a cadre of men and women who respond…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1967 by the Dale City Civic Association, the Dale City Volunteer Fire Department (DCVFD) is a fire and rescue organization comprised of approximately 250 dedicated…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sterling Volunteer Rescue Squad was established in 1964.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The South Bend Fire Department stands as a cornerstone of safety and emergency response in the heart of a bustling urban landscape.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Clay Fire is a progressive, full-service combination Department that provides fire protection and emergency services for Clay Township, German Township, Harris Township Indian…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: volunteer fire departments. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names volunteer fire departments.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of volunteer fire departments, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name volunteer fire departments. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Volunteer fire departments worldwide at a glance
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How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among volunteer fire departments, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- 2 countries, largest first: the United States, Germany. Country and city lists for volunteer fire departments are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “volunteer fire departments”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names volunteer fire departments), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among volunteer fire departments, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,706 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Volunteer fire departments by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Volunteer fire departments list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names volunteer fire departments, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many volunteer fire departments are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 1,330 volunteer fire departments worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Chicago Fire Department, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most volunteer fire departments?
The United States leads with 1,212 companies, followed by Germany (118). Every volunteer fire departments list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most volunteer fire departments?
Pittsburgh leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by Buffalo (5) and Easton (5).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,706 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,330 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.