The Virginia Beach Fire Department is a Public Safety Agency dedicated to protecting our communities, members, citizens, and visitors to foster the feeling of safety any time, any place, through planning, mitigation, response, and restoration. With 20 Fire Stations, 21 Engines, 8 Ladder Trucks, 2 Technical Rescue Trucks, 3 Fireboats, a HazMat Response Vehicle, and just under 500-dedicated, highly trained employees, the VBFD is an “All-Hazards” response agency.