### Question
What does career fire department mean?


### Answer
**Career fire department** has the following meaning in *15 U.S.C. § 2229*:

> a fire department that has an all-paid force of firefighting personnel other than paid-on-call firefighters

#### Citation:
  - *15 U.S.C. § 2229*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 49-FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL**

