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Agency overview | |
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Annual calls | ~134,000 |
Annual budget | ~$262,000,000 |
Staffing | 1,224+ career |
Fire chief | Corey Smedley |
EMS level | ALS and BLS |
IAFF | 1664 |
Motto |
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Facilities and equipment | |
Divisions | 4 |
Battalions | 5 |
Stations | 43 (figure includes volunteer corporation-owned firehouses, county-owned fire stations, and fire stations located on federal facilities) |
Engines | 35 |
Trucks | 16 |
Rescues | 6 |
Ambulances | 43 |
HAZMAT | 2 |
Light and air | 2 |
Website | |
MontgomeryCountyMD.gov/MCFRS | |
https://www.iafflocal1664.org/ |
The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS), officially the Montgomery County Department of Fire and Rescue Services (DFRS), is the public safety agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for Montgomery County, Maryland. The services are provided by a combination of paid county personnel and volunteer members of the various independent, non-profit volunteer fire and rescue corporations located throughout the county.
Recruit Class 1 for MCFRS began on 2/29/1988.
The MCFRS went to Oklahoma City in 1995 to conduct USAR operations after the Oklahoma City bombing. [1]
In 2001, the MCFRS went to Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia aboard RideOn buses to assist in urban search and rescue (USAR) efforts immediately after the September 11 attacks. [1]
In 2004, the County Council passed legislation to reorganize the Fire & Rescue Service by placing all personnel, career and volunteer, under the command of a single fire chief. However, actual services are delivered from local fire and rescue companies, who own and operate the fire stations in the county. The county uses an incident command system to coordinate the efforts of paid and volunteer personnel at the scenes of emergencies. Montgomery County works closely with and has mutual aid agreements with Washington, D.C., Fairfax, Frederick, Howard, and Prince George's counties. [2] [3]
In April 2020, MCFRS implemented a COVID-19 Surge Plan which included the staffing of more BLS ambulances, as well as moving ALS providers from AFRA and medic units to chase cars. This, paired with a continuous Blue Alert, which goes in effect when an EMS jurisdictional system is temporarily taxed to its limits in providing pre hospital care and ambulance transportation due to extraordinary situations that contribute to high demand for ambulance service, and decontamination teams stationed at each of the main hospitals in the county enabled proper patient distribution and lessoned the burden on the system. The Plan was ended in June 2020.
On June 30, 2023, Fire Chief Scott Goldstein left MCFRS for a fire and rescue department in Cowlitz County, Washington. Goldstein had been chief since June 2015. [4]
The county is broken into five battalions, with a total of 36 fire stations and 2 rescue squads.
Station | Company | Battalion | Engine Company or Paramedic Engine Company | Special Service Units | EMS Units | Other units |
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1 | Silver Spring VFD | 1st Battalion | PE701 | M701, A701, A701B, ALS701 | DCN701 | |
2 | Takoma Park VFD | 1st Battalion | PE702, E702B | A702, A702B | ||
3 | Rockville VFD | 3rd Battalion | PE703, PE703B | AT703, RS703 | M703, A703, A703B, A703C, ALS703 | SU703, UT703B, UT703C |
4 | Sandy Spring VFD | 4th Battalion | PE704 | A704 | W704 | |
5 | Kensington VFD - Old Town | 4th Battalion | PE705, PE705B | A705, A705B, | B705, CT705 | |
6 | Bethesda FD | 2nd Battalion | PE706 | T706 | A706 | |
7* | Chevy Chase FD | 2nd Battalion | PE707 | A/M707 (BCCRS staffed) | HM707, UT707 | |
8 | Gaithersburg-Washington Grove VFD | 3rd Battalion | PE708 | PAT708 | M708, A708, A708B, A708C, ALS708 | CT708, B708, UT708, UT708B, UTV708, BUTV708 |
9 | Hyattstown VFD | 5th Battalion | PRE709, RBE709 | B709, B709B, W709, UT709, UTV709 | ||
10* | Cabin John Park VFD | 2nd Battalion | PE710, E710B | T710 | A710, ALS710 | SW710, SW710B, UT710 |
11 | Glen Echo FD | 2nd Battalion | PE711 | A711, A711B, ALS711 | UT711, UTV711 | |
12 | Hillandale VFD | 1st Battalion | PE712 | M712, A712 | BC701, UT712, UTV712 | |
13 | Damascus VFD | 5th Battalion | PE713, E713B, BE713 | M713, A713 | B713, W713 | |
14* | Upper Montgomery County VFD | 5th Battalion | PRE714, BE714 | M714 A714 (Volunteer staffed when available) | UT714, UTV714, B714, CT714, BT714, SW714, W714 | |
15 | Burtonsville VFD | 1st Battalion | PE715, PE715B | T715, RS715 | M715, A715 | B715, UT715 |
16 | Silver Spring VFD - Four Corners | 1st Battalion | PE716 | T716 | A716 | MAU716 |
17 | Laytonsville VFD | 5th Battalion | PE717, EW717, BE717 | RS717 | A717 | B717, CT717, W717 |
18 | Kensington VFD - Glenmont | 4th Battalion | PE718 | AT718 | A718 | EMS704, CP718 |
19 | Silver Spring VFD - Montgomery Hills | 1st Battalion | PE719 | AT719 | ||
20* | Bethesda FD - Midtown Bethesda | 2nd Battalion | PE720 | BC702 | ||
21 | Kensington VFD - Viers Mill Village | 4th Battalion | PE721 | A721 | ||
22 | Kingsview (MCFRS) | 5th Battalion | PE722, BE722 | A722 | MAB722, MCSU722, W722, B722 | |
23* | Rockville VFD - Twinbrook | 3rd Battalion | PE723 | AT723 | M723, A723 | |
24 | Hillandale VFD - Colesville | 1st Battalion | PE724, E724B | AT724 | A724 A724B (Volunteer staffed when available) | B724 |
25* | Kensington VFD - Aspen Hill | 4th Battalion | PE725 | T725 | ALS725, A725, A725B, A725C | BC704, SU725, BT725 |
26 | Bethesda FD - North Bethesda | 2nd Battalion | PE726 | A/M726 (BCCRS staffed) | EMS702, MAB726, MCSU726 | |
27 | Public Safety Training Academy (MCFRS) | E727, E727B | T727 | CP727 | ||
28* | Gaithersburg-Washington Grove VFD - Derwood | 3rd Battalion | PE728 | A728 | HM728 | |
29 | Germantown VFD | 5th Battalion | PE729, PE729B | RS729 | M729, A729 | BT729, SU729 |
30* | Cabin John Park VFD - Potomac | 2nd Battalion | PE730 | A730 | W730, B730, SW730, SW730B, UT730 | |
31* | Rockville VFD - Quince Orchard | 3rd Battalion | PE731 | T731 | M731 | BT731, W731, TR700, TR700B, SU731, UT731, UTV731 |
32 | Travilah (MCFRS) | 3rd Battalion | PE732 | A732, M732 | BC703, EMS703, SA700, DC700, CP732 | |
33 | Rockville VFD - Potomac | 3rd Battalion | PE733 | A733 | B733, CT733, MAU733 | |
34 | Milestone (MCFRS) | 5th Battalion | PE734 | T734 | A734 | DCN734, BC705 |
35 | Clarksburg (MCFRS) | 5th Battalion | PE735 | AT735 | A735 | |
40 | Sandy Spring VFD - Olney | 4th Battalion | PE740 | AT740 | A740 | B740, BT740, CT740, UT740, UTV740, BUTV740 |
Rescue Co. 1 | Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad | 2nd Battalion | RS741, RS741B | M741, A741B, A/M741C, A/M741D, ALS741, UT741 | ||
Rescue Co. 2 | Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad | 4th Battalion | RS742, RS742B | A742, A742B, A742C, A742D, ALS742, ALS742B | UT742, UTV742 | |
50 | NDW Bethesda (Federal) | E750, E750B | M750 | |||
51 | National Institute of Health (Federal) | E751 | AT751 AT751B | A751 A751B | HM751 HMSU751 TRSU751 CCO751 CO751 C751 | |
52 | Naval Surface Warfare Center (Federal) | E752 | ||||
53 | National Institutes of Standards and Technology (Federal) | E753 E753B | A753 | HM753 B753 UT753 UT753B CMD753 SU753 | ||
54 | Fort Detrick Forest Glen Annex (Federal) | E754, E754B | HM754 SU754 |
Stations listed in the above chart with red "(MCFRS)" or green "(Federal)" next to their names are government-owned. Stations that do not say "(MCFRS)" or "(Federal)" belong to volunteer fire & rescue corporations.
* Denotes Special Operations Station
Abbreviations:
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