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 paramters 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.
Pre-named parameters
{{Infobox fire department
| name =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| logo = DepartmentNameLogo.jpg <!-- Do not use brackets [[ ]], just file name. -->
| logo_caption =
| logo_alt =
| patch = <!-- Do not use brackets [[ ]], just file name. -->
| patch_caption =
| patch_alt =
| flag = <!-- Do not use brackets [[ ]], just file name. -->
| flag_caption =
| flag_alt =
| image_size =
| motto =
<!-- Operational area -->
| country =
| subdivision_type1 =
| subdivision_name1 =
| subdivision_type2 =
| subdivision_name2 =
| subdivision_type3 =
| subdivision_name3 =
| address =
| coordinates =
<!-- Agency overview -->
| reference1 =
| established = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}}-->
| dissolved =
| annual calls = <!-- Include {{small|(1234)}} to indicate year of data -->
| annual budget = <!-- Include {{small|(1234)}} to indicate year of data -->
| employees = <!-- Include {{small|(1234)}} to indicate year of data -->
| staffing =
| commissioner =
| chief =
| captain =
| ALSorBLS = <!-- [[advanced life support|ALS]] and/or [[basic life support|BLS]] -->
| iaff =
<!-- Facilities and equipment -->
| reference2 =
| divisions =
| battalions =
| stations =
| engines =
| trucks =
| quints =
| ladders =
| tillers =
| platforms =
| squads =
| rescues =
| ambulances =
| tenders =
| hazmat =
| usar =
| crash =
| arff =
| wildland =
| bulldozers =
| airplanes =
| helicopters =
| fireboats =
| rescue boats =
| light and air =
<!-- Footer -->
| website = <!-- {{Official website|example.com}} -->
| iaffweb =
}}
Generic parameters
{{Infobox fire department
| name =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| logo = DepartmentNameLogo.jpg <!-- Do not use brackets [[ ]], just file name. -->
| logo_caption =
| logo_alt =
| patch = <!-- Do not use brackets [[ ]], just file name. -->
| patch_caption =
| patch_alt =
| flag = <!-- Do not use brackets [[ ]], just file name. -->
| flag_caption =
| flag_alt =
| image_size =
| motto =
<!-- Operational area -->
| country =
| subdivision_type1 =
| subdivision_name1 =
| subdivision_type2 =
| subdivision_name2 =
| subdivision_type3 =
| subdivision_name3 =
| address =
| coordinates =
<!-- Agency overview -->
| reference1 = <!-- Place all references for this section here -->
| established = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}}-->
| dissolved =
| annual calls = <!-- Include {{small|(1234)}} to indicate year of data -->
| annual budget = <!-- Include {{small|(1234)}} to indicate year of data -->
| employees = <!-- Include {{small|(1234)}} to indicate year of data -->
| staffing =
| chief1_description = <!-- e.g. Commissioner -->
| chief1_name = <!-- e.g. Sam I. Am, Jr. -->
| chief2_description =
| chief2_name =
| chief3_description =
| chief3_name =
| ALSorBLS = <!-- [[advanced life support|ALS]] and/or [[basic life support|BLS]] -->
| iaff =
<!-- Facilities and equipment -->
| reference2 = <!-- Place all references for this section here -->
| unit1_description = <!-- e.g. Divisions -->
| unit1_no = <!-- e.g. 5 -->
| unit2_description =
| unit2_no =
| unit3_description =
| unit3_no =
| stations =
| app1_description = <!-- e.g. Pumpers -->
| app1_no = <!-- e.g. 54 -->
| app2_description =
| app2_no =
| app3_description = <!-- up to app20_description -->
| app3_no = <!-- up to app20_no -->
<!-- Footer -->
| website = <!-- {{Official website|example.com}} -->
| iaffweb =
}}
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.)
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.
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).
United States
California
Santa Clara
San Jose