National Fire Department Registry Download

Download departments

Here you can download a comma-separated text file of United States fire departments listed in the National Fire Department Registry.

Important information about Fire Department Identification Numbers (FDIDs)
Please note that each state assigns FDIDs — not the U.S. Fire Administration — so it is possible for the same FDID number to exist in two or more states.

Download a state list

This file contains the following information for each state:

Department id
Department name
Headquarters address
Mailing address
Telephone number
Fax number
County
Website address
Department type
Organization type
Number of stations
Number of active firefighters
Number of nonfirefighting personnel
Flag indicating the department’s status as primary emergency management department

1. Choose a state

2. Download

How to import these files into Excel

Open a blank workbook.
From the menu bar, select the Data tab and choose From Text. An Import Text File window will open.
Select the registry file you downloaded and then Import.
In the Text Import Wizard under Step 1 of 3, choose Delimited and then Next.
In Step 2 of 3, uncheck Tab and check Comma. Select Next.
In Step 3 of 3, change the FDID and ZIP code fields to Text format to keep the leading zeroes. Here’s how to do it:
- Under Data Preview, select the FDID column and then choose Text in the Column Data Format section.
- Repeat for the ZIP code column.
Select Finish. The Import Data window will open. Choose OK. All of the data records now appear in the workbook with one field per column.

Important

The address fields that start with “HQ” are the physical location address fields for the fire departments.
The address fields that begin with “Mail” are the mailing address fields. Use these when mailing correspondence to fire departments.