Molalla Fire is 96% Volunteer. How does that stack up with other departments in the nation?

Fire department types*:

• Career (6.8%),
• Mostly Career (5.8%),
• Mostly Volunteer (16.2%),
• All Volunteer (71.2%)

13% of all departments are career or mostly career and protect 62% of the U.S. population
87% of fire departments are volunteer or mostly volunteer and protect 38% of the population
There are an estimated 68,950 pumpers and 6,600 aerial apparatus in the United States for 2003-2005

* Career=100% career firefighters, Mostly Career=51%-99% career firefighters.