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Usage

This infobox is designed to suit the wide variation in terminology between countries and between individual fire services. There is an extensive list of pre-named parameters for leadership and apparatus, which are suited to predominantly North American terminology, but generic parameters which can be adapted for individual requirements are also available. A blank version of the template using each style is available below.

Note the following:

  • where named and generic parameters are mixed in a section, the generic parameters will follow the named parameters in the displayed infobox;
  • the display order of pre-named parameters cannot be altered, and generic parameters will display in numerical order;
  • wikilinks may be used in generic _description parameters as desired.

North American

{{{name}}}
{{{native_name}}}
[[File:{{{logo}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{logo_alt}}}]]
{{{logo_caption}}}
[[File:{{{patch}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{patch_alt}}}]]
{{{patch_caption}}}
[[File:{{{flag}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{flag_alt}}}]]
{{{flag_caption}}}
Operational area
Country{{{country}}}
{{{subdivision_type1}}}{{{subdivision_name1}}}
{{{subdivision_type2}}}{{{subdivision_name2}}}
{{{subdivision_type3}}}{{{subdivision_name3}}}
Address{{{address}}}
Coordinates{{{coordinates}}}
Agency overview{{{reference1}}}
Established{{{established}}}
Dissolved{{{dissolved}}}
Annual calls{{{annual calls}}}
Employees{{{employees}}}{{{strength}}}
Annual budget{{{annual budget}}}{{{budget}}}
Staffing{{{staffing}}}
Commissioner{{{commissioner}}}
Fire captain{{{captain}}}
Chief Fire Officer{{{CFO}}}
EMS level{{{ALSorBLS}}}{{{BLSorALS}}}{{{FirstResponderBLSorALS}}}
IAFF{{{iaff}}}
Motto{{{motto}}}
Facilities and equipment{{{reference2}}}
Divisions{{{divisions}}}
Battalions{{{battalions}}}
Stations{{{stations}}}
Engines{{{engines}}}
Trucks{{{trucks}}}{{{ladders}}}
Tillers{{{tillers}}}
Platforms{{{platforms}}}{{{tower ladders}}}
Ladders{{{aerial ladders}}}
Quints{{{quints}}}
Squads{{{squads}}}
Rescues{{{rescues}}}
Ambulances{{{ambulances}}}{{{EMSunits}}}
Tenders{{{tenders}}}{{{tankers}}}
HAZMAT{{{hazmat}}}
USAR{{{usar}}}
Airport crash{{{crash}}}
Wildland{{{wildland}}}{{{wildfire engines}}}{{{wildland engines}}}{{{brush trucks}}}
Bulldozers{{{bulldozers}}}
Airplanes{{{airplanes}}}
Helicopters{{{helicopters}}}
Fireboats{{{fireboats}}}
Rescue boats{{{rescue boats}}}
Light and air{{{light and air}}}
Aerial Pumpers{{{aerial pumpers}}}
Aerial Ladder Platforms{{{ladder platforms}}}
Website
{{{website}}}
{{{iaffweb}}}

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow: hidden; background: unset;"> </syntaxhighlight>

Generic

{{{name}}}
{{{native_name}}}
[[File:{{{logo}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{logo_alt}}}]]
{{{logo_caption}}}
[[File:{{{patch}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{patch_alt}}}]]
{{{patch_caption}}}
[[File:{{{flag}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{flag_alt}}}]]
{{{flag_caption}}}
Operational area
Country{{{country}}}
{{{subdivision_type1}}}{{{subdivision_name1}}}
{{{subdivision_type2}}}{{{subdivision_name2}}}
{{{subdivision_type3}}}{{{subdivision_name3}}}
Address{{{address}}}
Coordinates{{{coordinates}}}
Agency overview{{{reference1}}}
Established{{{established}}}
Dissolved{{{dissolved}}}
Annual calls{{{annual calls}}}
Employees{{{employees}}}{{{strength}}}
Annual budget{{{annual budget}}}{{{budget}}}
Staffing{{{staffing}}}
{{{chief1_description}}}{{{chief1_name}}}
{{{chief2_description}}}{{{chief2_name}}}
{{{chief3_description}}}{{{chief3_name}}}
EMS level{{{ALSorBLS}}}{{{BLSorALS}}}{{{FirstResponderBLSorALS}}}
Motto{{{motto}}}
Facilities and equipment{{{reference2}}}
{{{unit1_description}}}{{{unit1_no}}}
{{{unit2_description}}}{{{unit2_no}}}
{{{unit3_description}}}{{{unit3_no}}}
{{{app1_description}}}{{{app1_no}}}
{{{app2_description}}}{{{app2_no}}}
{{{app3_description}}}{{{app3_no}}}
{{{app4_description}}}{{{app4_no}}}
{{{app5_description}}}{{{app5_no}}}
{{{app6_description}}}{{{app6_no}}}
{{{app7_description}}}{{{app7_no}}}
{{{app8_description}}}{{{app8_no}}}
{{{app9_description}}}{{{app9_no}}}
{{{app10_description}}}{{{app10_no}}}
{{{app11_description}}}{{{app11_no}}}
{{{app12_description}}}{{{app12_no}}}
{{{app13_description}}}{{{app13_no}}}
{{{app14_description}}}{{{app14_no}}}
{{{app15_description}}}{{{app15_no}}}
{{{app16_description}}}{{{app16_no}}}
{{{app17_description}}}{{{app17_no}}}
{{{app18_description}}}{{{app18_no}}}
{{{app19_description}}}{{{app19_no}}}
{{{app20_description}}}{{{app20_no}}}
Website
{{{website}}}

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow: hidden; background: unset;"> </syntaxhighlight>

North American example

Name of Department
Seal of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.png
Operational area
Country United States
State California
CountyFlag of Santa Clara County, California.png Santa Clara
CityFlag of San José, California.svg San Jose
Agency overview
EstablishedApril 10, 1990 (1990-04-10)
Annual calls12,345 (2014)
Employees1,234 (2014)
Annual budget$12 million (2014)
StaffingCareer
CommissionerBob Smith
Fire chiefJohn Smith
Fire captainJane Doe
Chief Fire OfficerJane Smith
EMS levelALS & BLS
IAFF1234
MottoLive long and prosper
Facilities and equipment
Divisions3
Battalions6
Stations45
Engines
  • 22 - first run
  • 12 - reserve
Trucks123
Tillers7
Platforms4
Quints5
Squads5
Rescues6
Ambulances
Tenders3
HAZMAT3
USAR5
Airport crash3
Wildland
Bulldozers6
Airplanes4
Helicopters3
Fireboats2
Rescue boats1
Light and air2
Website
Official website
IAFF website

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow:auto;">

Name of Department
Seal of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.png
Operational area
Country United States
State California
CountyFlag of Santa Clara County, California.png Santa Clara
CityFlag of San José, California.svg San Jose
Agency overview
EstablishedApril 10, 1990 (1990-04-10)
Annual calls12,345 (2014)
Employees1,234 (2014)
Annual budget$12 million (2014)
StaffingCareer
CommissionerBob Smith
Fire chiefJohn Smith
Fire captainJane Doe
Chief Fire OfficerJane Smith
EMS levelALS & BLS
IAFF1234
MottoLive long and prosper
Facilities and equipment
Divisions3
Battalions6
Stations45
Engines
  • 22 - first run
  • 12 - reserve
Trucks123
Tillers7
Platforms4
Quints5
Squads5
Rescues6
Ambulances
Tenders3
HAZMAT3
USAR5
Airport crash3
Wildland
Bulldozers6
Airplanes4
Helicopters3
Fireboats2
Rescue boats1
Light and air2
Website
Official website
IAFF website

</syntaxhighlight>

Parameter names and descriptions

Note: All subjective or qualitative judgements and numerical quantities or statistics must be cited to a reliable source.

The infobox is intended as a quick reference. Don't add non-data items, like question marks, “none”, “see text” or links to article sections (the article's table of contents already does this).

General parameters

Parameter Required Explanation
name Green tickY The name of the department. By default this will be the name of the page, if no value is provided.
native_name Name in local language if not English
native_name_lang ISO 639-2 code for |native_name= e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead
logo An image of the department's logo. Simply include the fire name: |logo = ImageName.jpg
logo_caption A short description of the department's logo.
logo_alt A short description of the department's logo
patch An image of the department's patch.
patch_caption A short description of the department's patch.
patch_alt A short description of the department's patch.
flag An image of the department's flag.
flag_caption A short description of the department's flag.
flag_alt A short description of the department's flag.
image_size Size in px of the images for logo, patch, flag. Defaults to 140.
motto The motto of the department. Can also use moto.

Operational area

Parameter required Explanation
country Green tickY The country in which the department serves.
subdivision_type1 Green tickY This represents the first level geographical subdivision. For example, in the United States, this would be a "state" and the value provided here would be: [[U.S. state|State]]
subdivision_name1 Green tickY The name of the first level subdivision. For example, in the United States this would be the name of the state that the department is in.
subdivision_type2 Green tickY This represents the second level geographical subdivision. For example, in the United States, this could be a "county" and the value provided here would be: [[U.S. county|County]]
subdivision_name2 Green tickY The name of the second level subdivision. For example, in the United States this could be the name of the county that the department serves.
subdivision_type3 This represents the third level geographical subdivision. For example, in the United States, this could be a "city" and the value provided here would be: [[U.S. city|city]]
subdivision_name3 The name of the third level subdivision. For example, in the United States this could be the name of the city that the department serves.
address The postal address of the department. This should only be used for Single-Station departments.
coordinates Use {{Coord}}

Agency overview

Parameter Explanation
reference1 This is the reference for the below information. Rather than having a citation after each item, put the citation in the title of the section using this parameter.
established The date or year that the department was founded. Use {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}
annual calls The number of calls the department responds to annually. The year that the number is from should be included inside of {{small|(####)}}.
annual budget The budget for the department. The year that the number is from should be included inside of {{small|(####)}}.
employees The number of personnel working for the department. The year that the number is from should be included inside of {{small|(####)}}.
staffing Whether the department is made of career members, volunteers or a combination of both.
commissioner The name of the commissioner of the department. (Not all departments have a fire commissioner.)
chief The name of the fire chief for the department.
captain The name of the fire captain for the department. (Not all departments have a fire captain. Mostly small/volunteer departments.)
CFO The name of the Chief Fire Officer of the department. (Specific to the United Kingdom.)
chief1_description
chief2_description
chief3_description 		Title of agency leader.
chief1_name
chief2_name
chief3_name 		Name of agency leader, appears with _description parameter above.
BLSorALS Whether department is Basic life support, Advanced life support or a combination
iaff International Association of Fire Fighters number (USA/Canada)

Facilities and equipment

Parameter Explanation
reference2 This is the reference for the below information. Rather than having a citation after each item, put the citation in the title of the section using this parameter.
divisions Number of operations divisions. Only very large departments have divisions.
battalions Number of battalions in the department.
unitx_description Name of organisational unit (plural), such as Divisions, Regions, Zones, etc., where x is a number from 1 to 3. Use 1 as the highest-level unit.
unitx_no Number of units corresponding to _description parameter.
stations Number of fire stations
engines Number of fire engines
trucks Number of fire trucks.
quints Number of quints. (see DO NOT DUPLICATE)
ladders Number of ladders. (see DO NOT DUPLICATE)
tillers Number of tiller trucks. (see DO NOT DUPLICATE)
platforms Number of platform trucks. (see DO NOT DUPLICATE)
squads Number of rescue squads.
rescues Number of heavy rescue vehicles
ambulances Number of ambulances
tenders Number of water tenders and wildland fire tenders
hazmat Number of hazardous materials apparatus
usar Number of urban search and rescue vehicles
crash Number of airport crash tenders
wildland Number of wildland fire engines. When possible, list the types of engines (Type 3, Type 4, Type 5, Type 6, Type 7). For example:

| wildland engines = 5 - [[type 3 fire engine|Type 3]]<br> 2 - [[Type 6 fire engine|Type 6]]

bulldozers Number of bulldozers
airplanes Number of aerial fire apparatus
helicopters Number of helicopters
fireboats Number of fireboats. Not fireboats are not the same as rescue boats
rescue boats Number of rescue boats. These would include things like Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boats.
light and air Number of light and air units.
appx_description Name of appliance or apparatus, e.g. Pumpers, Quints, etc. x may be a number from 1 to 20.
appx_no Number of appliances or apparatus corresponding to _description parameter.

Do not duplicate

Apparatus should only be counted once. A truck is EITHER a truck OR a tiller truck, not both. A quint (which could be considered an engine or a truck) should only be counted under quints. Use the terminology provided in reliable sources, and make use of generic parameters instead of combining categories (which may violate WP:SYNTH).

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Parameter Required Explanation
website Green tickY The Official website of the department. Use {{Official website}} or {{Official URL}} to display
iaffweb website for the associated IAFF. Often has additional information about department & department history.

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools
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TemplateData for Infobox fire department

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