Fire Service in Major Countries
For more than 20 years since International Fire Service Information Center (IFSIC) was established in 1996, wecarried out an investigation about the fire service circumstances of European , American and Asian 13 countries
and gathered the result as the each country's reports. In addition, IFCAA (International Fire Chiefs' Association ofAsia) issue "IFCAA fire Statistics" with the cooperation of the firefighting organization of the Asia Oceania area. We
gather the essence in the form of the simple comparison list and contribute it to the person concerned withdomestic and foreign fire service. We thank IFCAA for cooperation of using the statistics documents.
This list is simple but there is the word "Comparison is beginning of wisdom" and we think it is useful seeing fromsuch a point of view.
Please note that not all information is up-to -date and there are many "Unknown" points because of theincompleteness of statistics. We IFSIC continue trying the maintenance enhancement of the infromation, butwould like cooperate with readers including who is in foreign countries if you have a latest information.

EnglandGermany

China

Korea

FranceJapan
ThailandAmerica

VietnamPhilippinesMalaysia
Singapore
Indonesia

Australia

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Fire Service in Major Countries (Table 1-1)

The Official Name ofthe Country
Area(1,000㎢)
Population(1,000 people)

Municipality

Fire Service
Organization of theCentral Government

Executing Agency

EnglandGermany

FranceAmerica

Korea

China

United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern
IrelandFederal Republic ofGermany

French Republic

United States of America

Republic of Korea

People’s Republic of China

242.9

357.3

551.5

9,833.5

99.5389,600

65,78981,91564,721

322,180

51,712

1,403,500

England
Country(16)City of London Corporation District(327)
London Borough Council
Country Town(117)(32)
Local Community(14,273)
Metropolitan District(36)County(34), District(238)
Unitary(46)Wales
Unitary(22)Scotland
Unitary(32)Northern Ireland
Unitary(26)(2000)

Region(22)Department(96)Town(36,564)

England, Wales
The federal government has Ministry of Interior
Home Officeno direct authority over fire Civil Safety Bureau
Fire Service Inspectorate service.
Ambulance and Fire
Fire Emergency Planning Interior Ministry of each
Department
Department
country has authority overScotland
fire service.
Scottish Office
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland OfficeEngland
Total 46
Country Town
Paris and surrounding
Fire and Civil Defence
Local Community
areasAuthorities(7)Municipal Association
Paris Fire Brigade
County Fire
Marseilles and surrounding
Authorities(34)areas
Combined Fire Author. (4)Battalion of Firefighters ofUnity Authorities(1)Marseilles
Wales
Other areas have shifted to
Unitary authorities (3)regional fire service in
Scotlandrecent years.
Unitary authorities(8)Northern Ireland
Unitary authorities(1)State(50)
Seoul Special Metropolitan
County(≈3,000)
CityTownship(≈16,500)
Metropolis City(Busan etc.)
Municipality(City, Borough, (6)Town,Village) (≈19,400)
Autonomous Region(47)Province(9)Special District(≈48,500)
City(67)
County(137)(2001)

Province(22)Autonomous Region(5)Municipality(Beijing,Tianjin, Shanghai,Chongqing)(4)Prefecture-level City(162)Prefecture(156)County(2,765)(2000)

Federal Emergency
Management Agency(FEMA)U. S. Fire Administration

National Emergency
Management Agency(NEMA)

Ministry of Public Safety
Fire Department

Fire Department
Headquarter by County,Township, Municipality,
Special District
Over 30,000

Seoul Metropolis
Province(9)Fire departments arelocated in Provinces,
Autonomous Regions andMunicipalities.
Branches that are lower
organizations are
established in Prefectures
and Counties.

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EnglandAmbulance Service

Number of Fire
Stations
Fire Personnel
Number of FireVehicles
Number of Fire
Fire per 10,000
population
Fire Death
Educational andTraining Organization

GermanyLondon Ambulance Service Most of fire departments
The Red Cross and privateorganization. Ambulance
helicopter base network
covers the whole country.

FranceAmerica

Korea

There are some special
In addition to fireFire Department
ambulance services, but fire departments, police, the Reddepartments, police andCross and hospitals andprivate agencies alsoprivate organizations
perform ambulance
perform ambulance service.

China
Medical Organization
Fire department carries apart.

Unknown

339 (Professional)

Unknown

46,950(1990)

210

England and Wales
35,151 (Professional)(1995)

267 Battalions
1,733 Companies

27,902 (Professional)(2006)

35,680 (2008)

261,800 (1991)

44,121≈110,000

3,472(1991)

50,402(2006)

17,309(2008)

68,950(1991)

4,877

About 10,000

392,569(1997)

187,604

312,119(2008)

1,755,500(1998)

19,476

188,568(2000)

59.8

22.8

46.5

56.9

3.77

1.4

605
Fire Service College
Emergency PlanningCollegeVolunteer Fire Service(Unit/Personnel)

406(2006)
Unknown
Each county has its own fire National School ofacademy.
Firefighters
Afire Academy ofDepartment

England and Wales
24,479/1,035,941
Unknown/14,606(1997)
1 Cooking Wear
1 Inappropriate Treatment
Three Major Fire
2 Arson
2 Absence of supervisor
3 Fault in the appliance
3 ArsonCauses(London)(2002)(Berlin)
Fire:999
Fire:112
Emergency Reporting
Police: 999
Police:110
Numbers
Ambulance:999
Ambulance: 112/19222/110
The Name of theGreater London
BerlinCapitalArea(㎢)
1,589
891
Population(1,000)
842(2013)
352(2015)
The Name of the Fire London Fire and Civil
Berlin Fire Department
Service Organization Defense Authority
Number of Fire
113(1998)
37(2008)
Stations
Number of Personnel
5,871(1998)
3,991(2008)
Number of Fire434(1995)
687(2008)
VehiclesNumber of Fire55,679(1994)
Unknown
Number of Fire Death86(1993)
Unknown
Presence of White
Unknown
Unknown
Paper on Fire Service

Unknown/198,493(2008)
1 Unknown
2 Suspicious Arson
3 Machine Trouble(Paris)Fire:18
Police:17
Ambulance:18
Paris and 3 Departments
762648(2006)
Fire Brigade of Paris

4,246(1998)
306
The National Fire Academy Central Fire Academy(1)The Emergency
Regional Fire Academy(5)Management InstituteFire Academy of each state
Unknown/771,800(1991)
1 Arson2 Electricity
3 Smoking(New York) (1998)Fire:911
Police:911
Ambulance:911
New York(Capital: Washington)
789
817(2010)

Unknown
1 Carelessness
2 Electricity
3 Machine

3,021(2000)
Fire Commanding Academy(5)Chinese People’s Armed
Police Academy
FireService Course
135,000/13,000,000(2000)
1 Carelessness of Fire
2 Electricity
3 Smoking(2000)
Fire: 119
Fire:119
Police:112
Ambulance:119Soul Special Metropolitan
Beijing
City605.33
16,41010,0222,170(2015)
Seoul Metropolitan Fire &New York Fire Department
Beijing Fire Department
Disaster Headquarters

80(2008)

Unknown

2341 Companies(2000)

About 7,000(2008)

15,198(1999)

6,820

4,451(2000)

Unknown

649(1999)410

206(2000)

19,414(Response)
Unknown

62,101(1998)
114(1999)

2,832
40

5,037(2000)
42(2000)

Unknown

NFPA

Unknown

Unknown

Fire Service in Major Countries (Table 1-2)

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Fire Service in Major Countries (Table 2-1)
The Official Name of
the Country
Area(1,000㎢)
Population(1,000 people)

Municipality

Fire Service
Organization of theCentral Government

Executing
Organization

Ambulance Service

Philippines

Malaysia

Indonesia

Vietnam

Australia

ThailandRepublic of Philippines

Malaysia

Republic of Indonesia

Socialist Republic ofVietnam

Commonwealth of Australia

Kingdom of Thailand

300

330.3

1,890

331.77,693

513

100,981(2015)

31,700255,000(2015)

93,421

24,600(2017)

65,370(2015)

National Capital Region (1)Autonomous Region (3)Region (12)Province (73)Semi-province (2)City (113)
Municipality (1,496)
Barangay About 42,000(2001)

State (13)( Western Malaysia 11)(Eastern Malaysia 2)
Federal Territory (2)(Kuala Lumpur , Labuan)
City Hall (2)City Council (9)Municipal (20)District Council (118)(1999)
Ministry of Housing andLocal Government
Fire and Rescue Service
Department

Jakarta Special City (1)（Special Province）
Administrative District (5)Province (25)Municipality (57)
District (230)(2001)

Province (58)
Municipality (5)(Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Da
Nang, Hai Phog, Can Tho)
District (487)
Provincial City (61)(2016)

State (6)Bangkok Metropolitan(New South Wales,
Administration (1)Queensland, SouthCity of Pattaya (1)Australia, Tasmania,
Province (76)Victoria, Western Australia) District, Minor District
Australian Capital Territory (878)(1)
Sub District (7,225)
Northern territory (1)Village (74,965)(1999)

Ministry of Interior
Bureau of General
Administration and Local
Government

Ministry of Public Safety
Firefighting and Rescue
Police Department

StateMinistry of Interior
The federal government has Department of Disasterno direct authority over fire Prevention and Mitigation
service.

Municipality

Firefighting Department(in Statecentrally-controlled cities
Fire Service District
and populated provinces)
Firefighting and rescue
division( in provinces
without a Fire Department)

Municipality

Hospitals, the Red Cross
and Other Organizations

The jurisdiction of the
Ministry of Health

44 hospitals and 8foundations

Department of the Interiorand Local Government
Bureau of Fire Protection

Central government has
National Fire Service
supervision over each fireFire and Rescue
department headquarters. Departments are located inActual firefighting activities 13 states and 2 Federal
are carried by fire
Territories..
departments of National
Capital Region, 12 Regions
and 3 Autonomous Regions.
In addition to fire
The jurisdiction of thedepartments, medical
Ministry of Healthinstitutions such as the Red
Cross, companies andmunicipalities also perform
ambulance service.

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Number of Fire
StationsFire Personnel
Number of Fire
VehiclesNumber of Fire
Fire per 10,000
population
Fire Death

Philippines

Malaysia

Indonesia

VietnamAustralia

Thailand

1,207284

1,207

174Unknown

Unknown

22,10913,49022,10919,691(2017)

Unknown

Unknown

2,073

1,765

0

1,234

Unknown

Unknown

18,271

22,99803,006

Unknown

Unknown

1.8

2.3

0.00.3264

107
Fire and Rescue Academy(1)
Regional Training Center(4)

Unknown

98

Unknown

Unknown

University of Fire Fightingand Prevention

Fire Academy of the State

Unknown

Unknown

Educational andFire National Training
Training Organization InstituteVolunteer Fire Service(Unit/Personnel)
Three Major FireCauses

627/8,458(2000)(Private Fire Brigade)1 Electrical Connections
2 Lighted Cigarette butt
3 Open flame due toTorch/SuloNo Nationwide Emergency
NumberEmergency Reporting Manila:117
Numbers
Cebu:160, 999
Dabao:110
The Name of theCapitalArea(㎢)
Population(1,000)
The Name of the Fire
Service Organization
Number of Fire
Stations
Number of Personnel
Number of FireVehicles
Number of Fire
Number of Fire Death
Presence of White
Paper on Fire Service

227/13,191(2000)
1 Good Intention
2 Electricity
3 CigaretteFire 994/999
Police:999
Emergency Patient
Transportation:999

Jakarta Fire Training
Center25/1,200(Jakarta)(2001)
1 Electrical Fault
2 Other
3 Gas Furnace(Jakarta)
Fire: 113
Police: 112

1 Electric incident
2 Flame use
3 Arson1 Accidental2 Inceniary
3 Undetermined(South Australia State)

Fire:114
Police:113
Ambulance:115

Fire: 000
Police:000
Ambulance:000

National Capital District

Kuala Lumpur

JakartaHanoi

613
12,880(2015)

243
1,790
Fire and Rescue
Department of Federal
Territory of Kuala Lumpur

661.52
10,1773,329769(2015)

Metro Manila Fire
Department

South Australia State
Adelaide984,377
1,700

Jakarta Special City Fire Hanoi Fire Prevention and South Australian Country
Department
Fighting Police
Fire Service

Institute of Disaster
Management Capacity
Development
Unknown/1,241,717(Civil Defense)
1 Unknown
2 Unknown
3 Unknown
Fire: 199
Police: 191
Traffic Police:1197
Ambulanse:1669
Bangkok
740
570(2015)
Bangkok Fire and Rescue
Department

211825

15

20

35

3,211

913

2,803

1,614(2017)

861

1,590

111

91

547

92

82

1,134

4,781
59

1,373
1

1,171
21786
19

4,214
11625
11

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Fire Service in Major Countries (Table 2-2)

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Fire Service in Major Countries (Table 3-1)
The Official Name ofthe Country
Area(1,000㎢)
Population(1,000 people)

Municipality

Fire Service
Organization of theCentral Government
Executing
Organization
Ambulance Service
Number of Fire
StationsFire Personnel
Number of Fire
VehiclesNumber of Fire
Fire per 10,000
population
Fire Death

SingaporeJapan

Republic of Singapore

Japan

0.719

370.7

5,610

127,781

Because Singapore is a city
state, there are no local
public bodies.

Prefecture (47)
Municipality (1,795)(2016)

Ministry of Home Affair
Singapore Civil Defence
Force

Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications
Fire and Disaster
Management Agency

Singapore Civil Defence
Force
Singapore Civil Defence
Force

Three Major FireCauses

Fire Department

21

1,712

3,063

159,622

197

15,574

4,114

36,773

7.3

2.9

1Civil Defence Academy
Educational andBasic Rescue TrainingTraining Organization Center
Volunteer Fire Service(Unit/Personnel)

Municipality

1,445Fire Academy(Tokyo andother Municipality)
Fire and Disaster
Management
Collage(FDMA)
2,209/850,331

1 Light thrown down
2 Electrical origin
3 Overheating of food

Fire:995
Emergency Reporting Police:999
Numbers
Ambulance:995

1 Arson2 Cigarette
3 Cooking Stove
Fire:119
Police:110
Ambulance:11920180607CE-6/7

Singapore

Japan

The Name of theSingapore
Tokyo
CapitalArea(㎢)
719.1
1,768
Population(1,000)
5,610
13,301The Name of the Fire Singapore Civil DefenceTokyo Fire Department
Service Organization Force
Number of Fire
2181
Stations
Number of Personnel3,063
17,798
Number of Fire
197
1,111Vehicles
Number of Fire
4,114
3,978
Number of Fire Death
184
FIRE, AMBULANCE AND To be issued annually byPresence of White
ENFORCEMENT
Fire and Disaster
Paper on Fire Service
STATISTICS (SCDF)Management Agency

Fire Service in Major Countries (Table 3-2)
Note: 1. Statistics in 2016 cited from IFCAA Fire Statistics May 2017 if available.
2. Area and population is in 2016 cited from IFCAA Fire Statistics May 2017 and World Statistics 2018 issued by the Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
3. Number of Fire Vehicles other than cited from IFCAA Fire Statistics is the number of working pumpers and not including Foam Truck and Ladder.
4. Number of Fire in Germany and France is number of Emergency Runs
5. Data not available with 2016 use same years population to compare.

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