In August, the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) conducted a survey to determine the impact that high gas prices and inflation are having on local volunteer emergency service organizations. In total, 608 respondents completed the survey. The following provides an overview of the survey results.
Respondents
The majority of respondents were fire chiefs (40.36%), followed by officers (16.47%), firefighters (14%) and firefighter/EMS (13.51%). They represented every U.S. state except for Hawaii. Most were from all volunteer departments (71.5%), followed by mostly volunteer (23.56%). Few were from mostly career departments (4.61%) or all career departments (0.33%). Fifty-seven percent of the departments represented provide both fire and EMS, 37% provide only fire services, and about 1% provide only EMS. About 90% of respondents were with departments located in communities serving populations under 25,000. Read More…