User:FredrikLindseth/Key:fire station:type

This is a page to try to make some sense of the fire_station:type-key.

It's almost exclusively used in Germany, Austria, France, Russia and soon Norway

German and Austrian use

fire_station:type	Description	clarification
voluntary
occupation		A "normal" fire station
concern		A fire department in companies and institutions. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betriebsfeuerwehr

French use

FR:Tag:amenity=fire_station

Google translated the table so forgive the butchering of the language

fire_station:type	Description	clarification
CSP	main rescue center
CIS	fire and rescue center
CPI	first response center
CPIi	integrated first intervention center

Russian use

RU:Key:fire_station:type

Google translated the table so forgive the butchering of the language

fire_station:type	type of protection	clarification
fpo	federal (state)	type of fire protection, financed from the federal budget
mpo	municipal	the type of fire protection created on the territory of the settlement in order to ensure the prevention of fires (prevention of fires), rescue people and property from fires.
vpo	departmental	parts serving a certain enterprise or sector of activities (for example, protection of railway transport). The maintenance of such enterprises is most often without contracts. Do not confuse with state units located territorially near large / city-forming enterprises.
chpo	private	parts created on a commercial basis, serving under contracts of certain persons (legal / physical).
dpo	voluntary	parts, staffed by volunteers, without an employment contract. Most common in rural areas
spo	subject (state)	type of fire protection, financed from the funds of the subjects of the state

Norwegian use

fire_station:type	Description	clarification
depot	Storage of gear, perhaps a garage for a firetruck	Used in places where the distance to a proper firestation is long
main_station	The main station for an area
local_station	Locally placed firestations, organised under a main_station

History and usage of the key

Suggestion for a worldwide use

fire_station:type	type of protection	clarification