Editing Burbank, California (section)

====Fire department====
At the time of cityhood, Burbank had a volunteer fire department. Fire protection depended upon the bucket brigade and finding a hydrant. It wasn't until 1913 that the city created its own fire department. By 1916, the city was installing an additional 40 new fire hydrants but still relying on volunteers for fire fighting. In 1927, the city switched from a volunteer fire department to a professional one.

The department consists of six strategically located fire stations, consisting of 6 fire engines (type 1); 2 aerial ladder trucks (tractor-drawn) and 3 paramedic ambulances.

[[File:Glendale Fire Department truck in Burbank 2015-01-19.jpg|thumb|Glendale Fire Department responding to a call in Burbank]]

In the late 1970s, Burbank became part of the Verdugo Fire Communications Center under a joint agreement with Glendale and [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]].<ref>{{cite news
| title      = Behind the 911 dispatchers – Verdugo center serves multiple cities. Workers are highly trained for all situations.
| last       = Rocha
| first      = Veronica
| date       = October 29, 2009
| url        = http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2009-10-29/local/gnp-verdugo102909_1_latta-dispatchers-fire-station
| newspaper  = [[Glendale News-Press]]
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150128195541/http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2009-10-29/local/gnp-verdugo102909_1_latta-dispatchers-fire-station
| archive-date= January 28, 2015
}}</ref> All three cities were experiencing issues with fire dispatching at the time. Like a lot of cities, dispatching was done by law enforcement due to cost-effectiveness. A "tri-city" joint dispatching center was created to solve the issue and fill the void. Under the contract, Burbank provided a Hazardous Materials team, Glendale provided an Air-Light unit as well as the dispatch center, and Pasadena provided an Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Type Heavy team. Today, both Glendale and Pasadena offer USAR Type 1 Heavy teams. The three city fire departments are all dispatched from the Verdugo Fire Communications Center, located in Glendale. Each of the three cities shares the cost of operating and maintaining this dispatch facility. Today, Verdugo is a regional dispatch center, providing communications for all 13 fire departments in California's OES "Area C" mutual aid area and the 14th agency which is the Burbank Airport Fire Department.