Volunteer fire department

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A volunteer fire department (VFD) is a fire department of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction. Volunteer and retained (on-call) firefighters are expected to be available to respond to emergency calls for long periods of time, and are summoned to the fire station when their services are needed. They are also expected to attend other non-emergency duties as well, such as for training, fundraising, and equipment maintenance. Volunteer firefighters contrast with paid firefighters who work full- or part-time and receive a salary. Some may be part of a combination fire department that utilizes both paid and volunteer firefighters. Firefighters who receive some pay for their work and responsiveness are known as call firefighters in the United States, and retained firefighters in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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