About the Greensboro Fire Department
The Department’s primary mission is to provide fire, medical, hazardous materials, and technical rescue response within the geographic boundaries of the City of Greensboro. The Department’s adopted Standard of Coverage establishes a benchmark from which actual performance can be measured. The adopted standard states that the department will provide a “first-in” unit on scene within six minutes 80 percent of the time for all incident types. 

The Greensboro Fire Department has specialized response capabilities to manage a variety of threats to local and statewide communities. Enhanced abilities in the areas of Hazardous Materials, Confined Space, High Level Rescue, Trench Rescue, Structural Collapse, and Water Rescue are components of this specialized response system. The Department operates one of the state’s seven Regional Response Teams (RRT). The RRT covers a 14-county region within the state, providing technician-level hazardous materials response. In addition, the GFD operates one of the state’s 11 Urban Search and Rescue Teams (USAR). The USAR Teams provide technical rescue capability throughout the state for any catastrophic event that might overwhelm a local jurisdiction.