The county is broken into five battalions, with a total of 36 fire stations and 2 rescue squads.Įngine Company or Paramedic Engine Company *Same Pattern continues until 7C8 (Incident 60)*ħL (Secure Alternate) became 7A12 (Secure Alternate)ħ2C (Emergency Medical Resource Center Call Patch) became 7H1 (EMRC Call Patch)ħ2D (EMRC Consult 1) became 7H2 (EMRC Consult 1)ħ2E (EMRC Consult 2) became 7H3 (EMRC Consult 2)
In March 2021, MCFRS implemented the new P25 radio system which changed channel names.ħB (Ops) became 7A1 (Ops 1) *Second operations channel added designated 7A3 (Ops 3)ħD (Incident 11) became 7A5 (Incident 11)ħE (Incident 12) became 7A6 (Incident 12)ħF (Announcement 10) became 7A7 (Announcement10)ħG (Incident 20) became 7A8 (Incident 20)ħH (Incident 21) became 7A9 (Incident 21)ħI (Incident 22) became 7A10 (Incident 22)ħJ (Announcement 20) became 7A11 (Announcement 20)ħ1C (Incident 30) became 7B4 (Incident 30)ħ1D (Incident 31) became 7B5 (Incident 31)ħ1E (Incident 32) became 7B6 (Incident 32)ħ1F (Announcement 30 became 7B7 (Announcement 30) 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. 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.
On, current Fire Chief, Scott Goldstein, was sworn in. Paramedic Engine 702, Paramedic Engine 701, Paramedic Engine 719, Engine 754, Engine 844, Truck 716, Aerial Tower 719, Rescue Squad 742, Medic 701, Battalion Chief 701, Battalion Chief 704, EMS 704, Safety 700, respond and operate on 7A4. *Beeeep* Units operate on 7A4, 1000 Main Street cross street First Avenue house fire. As well as a fast response time with other jurisdictions.Ī typical mutual aide box alarm would sound like: These numeric assignments are:ĭuring 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. This system is based on the assignment of an individual numeric jurisdictional identifier for each major geographic jurisdiction within the MWCOG. In 2007, MCFRS implemented the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) unit numbering system. Montgomery County works closely with and has mutual aid agreements with Washington, D.C., Fairfax, Frederick, Howard, and Prince George's counties. The county uses an incident command system to coordinate the efforts of paid and volunteer personnel at the scenes of emergencies. 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. 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. 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. The MCFRS went to Oklahoma City in 1995 to conduct USAR operations after the Oklahoma City bombing. Montgomery County Government - All Rights Reserved.MCFRS personnel with FBI agents at the Pentagon a day after the September 11 attacks in 2001. Need to create a User Account? Register here.Ĭopyright 2020.
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