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'''Captain''' is a rank in various fire services.

In most American and Canadian [[firefighting|fire services]], a captain ranks above a [[lieutenant]] and below a [[fire chief|battalion chief]], and therefore two grades above a regular firefighter. This varies, though, between departments &ndash; In the [[Los Angeles County Fire Department]], for example, engineer is the next lowest rank below captain.

A captain is typically in charge of a fire company, a group of firefighters who are assigned to the same [[Fire engine|fire apparatus]].<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-151/issue-9/features/fire-ems-merger-an-examination-of-cultural-differences.html|magazine=[[Fire Engineering (magazine)|Fire Engineering]]|date=1998-09-01|access-date=2018-09-28|title=Fire/EMS Merger: An Examination of Cultural Differences))</ref> The captain is responsible for the welfare and performance of the company's personnel and the maintenance of the apparatus. In a single-apparatus fire station, the captain is also the overall manager of the station. Fire departments typically arrange the shifts so that a captain can be present at most emergencies.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.firerescue1.com/fire-careers/articles/128812018-What-are-the-firefighter-ranks/|title=What Are the Firefighter Ranks?|date=September 26, 2016|website=Fire Rescue 1|access-date=February 23, 2018))</ref> Besides those who work at fire stations, captains are employed in other roles such as managing training.

The rank of captain does not always have a direct equivalent in the United Kingdom and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries outside of Canada.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.firesafe.org.uk/role-structure-in-the-british-fire-service/|title=Role Structure in the British Fire Service|website=Fire Safety Advice Centre|access-date=February 23, 2018))</ref> These fire services are more often organized around a "watch". Whereas a company is a group of firefighters who work different shifts on the same apparatus, a watch is a group of firefighters who work the same shift on more than one apparatus. Like a captain in American and Canadian fire departments, the watch manager is two grades above a regular firefighter.

In the [[New Zealand Fire Service]] in the early 1980s, a captain was in charge of a station. The NZFS has now moved to [[Senior Station Officer|senior station officer]] and station officer as station management ranks. The person in charge of a fire brigade is the [[Chief Fire Officer#New Zealand|chief fire officer]], and captain is no longer used.

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