Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service

Montgomery County Department of Fire and Rescue Services
"Gardez Bien" (Watch Well)
Agency overview
Staffing 1,200+ Career
Fire chief Scott Goldstein
EMS level ALS
Facilities and equipment
Battalions 5
Stations 38 (figure includes volunteer corporation-owned firehouses, county-owned fire stations, and fire stations located on federal facilities)
Engines 36
Trucks 17
Rescues 6
Website
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcfrs/

The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS), officially the Montgomery County Department of Fire and Rescue Services, 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.

History

MCFRS personnel with FBI agents at the Pentagon a day after the September 11 attacks in 2001.

During an emergency that would require a response from multiple agencies, dispatchers are quickly able to identify what county a particular piece of apparatus came from. As well as a fast response time with other jurisdictions. Ex: "Alarm" Engine 436 Engine 409 Engine 411(Fairfax) Engine 707 (Montgomery) Engine 202 (Alexadria) Rescue 417 Tanker 712 Medic 409 Battalion Chief 703 and 704 Channel 4-Delta For a working fire 1111 address court. Caller advises smoke and fire from windows 21:11

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 the 19 local fire and rescue companies, who own and operate 25 of 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 DC, Fairfax, Frederick, Howard, and Prince George's Counties.

Stations and Apparatus

The county is broken into five battalions, with a total of 36 fire stations and 2 rescue companies.

Station Company Battalion Engine Special Service EMS Other
1 Silver Spring VFD 1st PE701 M701, A701, A701B
2 Takoma Park VFD 1st E702 A702 M702
3 Rockville VFD 3rd PE703, E703B AT703, RS703 M703, A703, A703B, ALS703
4 Sandy Spring VFD 4th PE704 M704, A704 W704, B704, BT704
5 Kensington VFD 4th PE705, E705B AT705 A705, A705B, ALS705 B705, CT705
6 Bethesda VFD 2nd PE706 E706 T706
7 Chevy Chase FD 2nd PE707 HM707, SU707
8 Gaithersburg-Washington Grove VFD 5th PE708 PAT708 M708, M708B, A708, A708B, A708C CT708, B708, ATV708
9 Hyattstown VFD 5th PRE709 A709 BE709, B709, B709B, W709
10 Cabin John Park VFD 2nd E710 T710 A710 M710 B710, SW710, SW710B,
11 Glen Echo VFD 2nd E711 A711, ALS711 ATV711, BS711
12 Hillandale VFD 2st PE712 T712 M712, A712 BC701
13 Damascus VFD 5th PE713 M713, A713 BE713, B713
14 Upper Montgomery County VFD 3rd PE714, RE714 M714, A714 ATV714, BE714, B714, BT714, BT714B, W714
15 Burtonsville VFD 1st PE715, E715B T715, RS715 M715, A715 B715
16 Silver Spring VFD 1st PE716 T716 M716 A716 AIR716
17 Laytonsville VFD 5th PRE717, ET717 RS717 A717 BE717, B717, CT717, W717
18 Kensington VFD 4th PE718 AT718
19 Silver Spring VFD 1st PE719 AT719 A719 EMS701
20 Bethesda VFD 2nd E720 BC702
21 Kensington VFD 4th PE721 A721
22 Kingsview (MCFRS) 3rd PE722 A722 MAB722, MCSU722, W722
23 Rockville VFD 3rd PE723 AT723 M723, A723
24 Hillandale VFD 1st PE724 AT724 A724
25 Kensington VFD 4th PE725 T725 M725, A725 SU725, BT725, BC704
26 Bethesda VFD 2nd PE726 E726B A726, M726 MAB726, MCSU726, ALS726
27 Public Safety Training Academy (MCFRS) E727 CP727
28 Gaithersburg-Washington Grove VFD 5th PE728 A728 HM728
29 Germantown VFD 3rd PE729, E729B RS729 M729, M729B, A729, A729B BS729, BT729
30 Cabin John Park VFD 2nd PE730 M730 A730B730, BS730, SW730, SW730B, B730C
31 Rockville VFD 3rd PE731 T731 M731 B731, BT731, BS731, W731, TR700, SU731
32 Travilah (MCFRS) 3rd PE732 A732 BC703, EMS703, SA700, DC700
33 Rockville VFD 3rd PE733 A733 B733, CT733, AIR733
34 Milestone (MCFRS) 5th PE734 T734 A734 BC705
35 Clarksburg (MCFRS) 5th PE735 AT735 M735
40 Sandy Spring VFD 4th PE740 T740 A740 B740, BS740, BT740, AB740, ATV740, ATV740B
Rescue 1 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad 2nd RS741, RS741B A741B, A741C, A741D, A741E, A741F

M741, M741D, ALS741
Rescue 2 Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad - SILVER SPRING FD 5th RS742, RS742B A742, A742B, A742C, A742D, A742E, A742F, ALS742, ALS742B ATV742
50 Walter Reed Medical Center FD (federal) E750 A750, M750
51 National Institutes of Health FD (federal) E751 AT751 A751 HM751
52 Naval Surface Warfare Center FD (federal) E752
53 National Institute of Standards and Technology FD (federal) E753 A753 HM753
54 Forest Glen Garrison FD (federal) E754 HM754

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