Your nations fire services

[New York - New Jersey]

So as I am a volunteer firefighter and EMT in real life (have been for 8 years) I am interested in your NS nations fire services or lack there of.

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?

Is it nationalized or on the local level?

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?

Equipment/uniform examples and any other info you would like to share.

Also if you are an actual firefighter feel free to add that.


My nation "The Allied States of New York - New Jersey" has a government provided nationalized fire service. The "New York - New Jersey Division of Fire Services" which falls under the Department of Community Affairs coordinates fire protection within the states of New York and New Jersey. It establishes standards for everything from equipment and training to fire house locations and SOP's. It is the umbrella for all of the individual departments, battalions and companies. All of the apparatus is of the same specifications and painted in the same paint scheme of white over red. "New York - New Jersey Division of Fire Services" is lettered on the front and the company number is lettered on the front cab doors while the department name is lettered on the rear cab doors. The men and women of the NYNJDFS are both paid and volunteers. Whether a firehouse is paid, volunteer or combination is determined by call volume. Dress uniforms are navy blue pants and jacket with a bell cap, work uniforms are also navy. Turnout gear is khaki with reflective yellow and silver stripes and a tradition black North American style helmet of leather or composite. Firefighters of no rank wear a black shield, officers wear a white shield and chiefs wear a white helmet. In addition to fire protection NYNJDFS provides emergency medical services, rescue services and hazmat services.


NYNJDFS - Jersey City Fire Department - Battalion 4 - Engine Company No. 9


Typical NYNJDFS urban/suburban fire engine
Design your own
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[Allicante]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes

Is it nationalized or on the local level?
Local

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
Volunteer

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
All of the above

[Parhe]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes
Is it nationalized or on the local level?
Nationalized
Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
Both
Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
All?

[Old Beringia]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes
Is it nationalized or on the local level?
A private corporation is chosen out of a small group every six months to deliver service nationally.
Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
Both
Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
Burning books

[Chrisando]

Chrisando's fire service...If there is a fire, white people and men are put into it and left to die. We don't extingusish fires, if someone other than the people dies in the fire, who cares? No one in Chrisando, not the family, not the friends, not acquaintances, not strangers, anyone does care and their house is mysterously on fire. How dare you critise the parliment of my country?

[Old Beringia]

Chrisando's fire service...If there is a fire, white people and men are put into it and left to die. We don't extingusish fires, if someone other than the people dies in the fire, who cares? No one in Chrisando, not the family, not the friends, not acquaintances, not strangers, anyone does care and their house is mysterously on fire. How dare you critise the parliment of my country?

Let the damn fire spread!

[Chrisando]

Chrisando's fire service...If there is a fire, white people and men are put into it and left to die. We don't extingusish fires, if someone other than the people dies in the fire, who cares? No one in Chrisando, not the family, not the friends, not acquaintances, not strangers, anyone does care and their house is mysterously on fire. How dare you critise the parliment of my country?

Let the damn fire spread!

Yes, once, the pathetic imbsolic excuss for residents who don't deserve to be called citizens let the fire spread all the way to the gate of the parliment building. 456 were killed for treasoning by almost letting the parliment building almost burn down

[Costa Fiero]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes. They are the Bombieros Nacionales. There are also Bombieros Rurales for rural fires.

Is it nationalized or on the local level?
The urban Bombieros Nacionales are organised via the Ministry of the Interior and the National Fire Officer's Union. The rural Bombieros Rurales are organised through provincial governments.

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
Both. Paid for urban, volunteer for rural.

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
Fire protection, fire prevention and rescue services are primarily provided by both rural and urban services. Some rural services provide medical assistance as well.

Equipment/uniform examples and any other info you would like to share.
Typical SWB truck of the Bombieros Nacionales:

Typical general response unit of the Bombieros Rurales:

[Xanicea]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes, our nation has fire services.

Is it nationalized or on the local level?
Fire services are split into two divisions. The national division deals with wildfires and fires which have spread out of control (two blocks or more on fire). The local division deals with all fires smaller than two blocks within cities and in rural areas.

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
The national fire service utilizes paid members who receive standard equipment and proper training to be a firefighter. Local fire services utilize volunteer members (though volunteering has been made mandatory by Duma law, so residents of communities volunteer in shifts) and equipment is bought by the fire chief utilizing any funds he can scrap together. It's not a surprise, therefore, that most local outfits have very little formal equipment and training.

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
National fire services offer all standard prevention and protection services (medical, rescue, refugee help, etc), but local services only offer a few of the varied prevention-protection services, depending on what the community that they protect is willing to pay for (some only offer medical and rescue, others don't even provide services beyond firefighting).

[Seperate Vermont]

Fire service in the Vermont Republic, like all emergency services (which are considered medical and fire services), are provided by a series of communal organizations, that are usually volunteer but occasionally are paid non-for-profit. They are not affiliated with the government nor organized in areas by the government. Private businesses also exist for these organizations to supply their needs, as well as occasionally serve as contractors for certain services.

A standard fire and medical services truck for a Vermont Emergency Services Organization, carrying medical supplies as well as fire supplies. Equipped with a customized generator to power the electrical systems, as Vermont is a rural nation, as well as a elongated hose to reach sites far from a road or transport trail/path able to service the truck. All trucks come with a detachable snow plow for service during winter months. They are wheel-drive built for snow driving and off-road driving when necessary. Long-range pump hose is available to pump water on-site, such as in a situation where it is needed from a well or river.

A VESO FMS truck is not fully equipped for med-evac or long-term EMS, and is equipped with enough gear to support mostly in-field stabilization and general supplies such as IVs and other intensive EMS field supplies.

Alternate contractors or the VESO provide med-evac in separate units.

[Ligunia]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes
Is it nationalized or on the local level?
Both
Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
Both
Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
All of the above

The local dept. sirens
The national dept. sirens



A local dept. truck


A Foeurta Cambriti(Flame Combaters), the national fire service, truck

[Gilthador]

Does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes we do.
Is it nationalised or on the local level?
Every district is required to have fire services, though most townships have their own. They are collectively called the Gilthador Emergency Services.
Do you utilise paid or volunteer members or both?
All service members are volunteers, and they earn their fair share of goods regardless of how many fires or other emergencies have occurred that week.
Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
The GES offers fire rescue, ambulance transport, disaster relief, and search and rescue services.
Equipment/uniform examples and any other info you would like to share.
Members of the GES are the most highly respected members of our society. July 28th is National Service Day.
One of our firetrucks:

One of our firefighters performing services:

[Osterveim]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes.

Is it nationalized or on the local level?
Local, exept in the Capitol

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
both, volunteers are only in rural areas

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
They have ladder and engine units, as well an marine, helicopter, ambulance, and motorcycle units.

Equipment/uniform examples and any other info you would like to share.
FDNY

Also if you are an actual firefighter feel free to add that.
My Father is a Lt. in the FDNY working out of Woodside, Queens.

[Sterlingport]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes. Each county has its own fire brigade.

Is it nationalized or on the local level?
Local level.

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
Both. About 60% of firefighters are unpaid volunteers or seasonal contract employees -- while the rest are full-time paid employees.

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
Each fire brigade offers firefighting and rescue services and all firefighters are trained in advanced first aid, however medical services are handled by the public and private ambulance services.

Equipment/uniform examples and any other info you would like to share.

[Lykosia]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes, the National Fire Service

Is it nationalized or on the local level?
Nationalized

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
Both

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
Mainly fire protection, SAR services and disaster relief

Equipment/uniform examples and any other info you would like to share.

[Kalaspia-Shimarata]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
In Kalaspia-Shimarata, we have many fire companies, each with their own phone number, but there is also a national fire service which is free for everyone

Is it nationalized or on the local level?
It is sort of nationalised and at a local level

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
It is secretely illegal to allow any fire-fighting hero to go away without pay...or to allow them to pay tax. Any volunteer fire person is given what pay they would have normally recived if they did work. We sneak it in their pocket

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
All of the above plus fire prevention. The government's fire department give free fire alarms

Equipment/uniform examples and any other info you would like to share.
Anything lightweigt that would protect them from fire and help them extinguish it

Also if you are an actual firefighter feel free to add that.
I am not an actually firefighter but would like to congragulate and thank anyone who is. You are doing a fantastic job for whichever country you are in and although I have probably never been there, I want you to know that I look up to you

[Victorious Decepticons]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services? Yes - we can't have Cybertron burning/melting down around us!

Is it nationalized or on the local level? Nationalized.

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both? Paid by the government.

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.? They put out fires and provide fire-safety education to those who face situations not already covered in the Standard Educational Data Pack. They will also check over Decepticon body modifications to make sure the person isn't accidentally making himself into a walking time bomb.

No medical or rescue services are covered; Decepticons are quite well-equipped to get themselves out of a burning building. Those blasters aren't only good for war!

Equipment/uniform examples and any other info you would like to share. Official fire-bots are painted in red with bright line-art yellow "flames" on their wings. They also have oscillating red-and-white lights on their wing-tips that they activate when on a fire run. They'll also yell out a siren noise. Our voice-chip versatility allows us to avoid having to buy special equipment to make particular sounds.

Since we have no tanker trucks (especially those red things that look way too much like Optimus Prime), fire retardant is brought in by bots modified into the firetanker format. These slightly larger-than-normal bots are equipped with a big tank for a body and water-jets that are mounted on the undersides of their arms. This "underhand" mounting is so they don't accidentally send the activation signal to their blasters (on the topsides of their arms) when trying to put out a fire. They can also dump all their retardant from the air to help combat big factory fires.

Water is almost never used to extinguish fires on Cybertron. Instead, nonreactive fire retardant chemicals are deployed. This is because water can seep between the Metal Planet's panels and cause extensive rust damage. Such rust damage could cause an extremely deep sinkhole-type formation to suddenly appear without warning. Water also would evaporate and add moisture to the air, which would increase the overall rust rate of not only the planet but the people on it.

On Decepticon Earth, water is the preferred anti-fire substance because it's plentiful and that whole planet seems to be made of mud as it is. The local lifeforms don't mind all the wetness, and the Decepticons stationed there already have several extra coats of anti-corrosive paint to handle the rains and humidity.

[Morlago]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes

Is it nationalized or on the local level?
nationalised

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
Both

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
All of the above

[Dagnia]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services? Yes.

Is it nationalized or on the local level? All controlled by local governments, some private.

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both? Both

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.? Depends on the locality.

Equipment/uniform examples and any other info you would like to share. Depends on the locality.

Also if you are an actual firefighter feel free to add that. No, but my grandfather was and to this day is still fondly remembered for his role in the firefighters' union.

[Meridiani Planum]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?

Not as such. Buildings are required to be insured, and insurance companies own or contract with private fire services.

Is it nationalized or on the local level?

Virtually nothing is nationalized in our great nation.

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?

Paid.

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?

All of the above and more. They also make safety inspections, offer advice for additional safety, and the like.

Equipment/uniform examples and any other info you would like to share.

They wear highly visible bright green clothing, with broad black stripes.

[Central Lothian]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services? We're a nation of pyromaniacs, so yes.

Is it nationalized or on the local level? Local level.

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both? We have both.

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.? Mainly fighting fires, but they also give advice on how to avoid fires and also rescue people from - for example - car accidents.

[Helghast empire]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes but it's only a branch of the collective protection service.
Is it nationalized or on the local level?
Nationalized
Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
Paid, although they really don't get paid, it's a collective job..
Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
They are part of the government's collective protection incentive, they do not only all of these, but police work and civil protection as well as other things.

[Conscentia]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes

Is it nationalized or on the local level?
Nationalised.

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
Both

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
All of the above

[Romalae]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes

Is it nationalized or on the local level?
Local level

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
Both

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
All of the above

[Valcluse]

First, does your nation have a fire service/services?
Yes. They are the Pompiers Nationaux.

Is it nationalized or on the local level?
It is nationalised.

Do you utilize paid or volunteer members or both?
All the members of the Pompiers Nationaux are paid.

Services they offer e.g. fire protection, medical services, rescue services, etc.?
All of the above, plus fire prevention and education.

Equipment/uniform examples and any other info you would like to share.
Typical truck:

Typical ambulance attatched to the Pompiers Nationaux: