Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
No edit summary
 
(427 intermediate revisions by more than 100 users not shown)
Line 1:
{{Short description|none}}<!-- None is correct - please see [[WP:SDNONE]] -->
{{InfoboxFireDepartment
{{Multiple issues|
| name = Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
{{Notability|Org|date=October 2021}}
| logo = [[Image:FairfaxCountyFireLogo.jpg|90px]]
{{Primary sources|date=October 2021}}
| motto =
| established = 1949
| staffing = Combination
| strength = 1,600
| stations = 36
| engines = 36
| trucks = 14
| squads =
| rescues = 8
| EMSunits = 42
| FirstResponderBLSorALS = ALS
| chief = David L. Rohr (''interim'')
}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
The '''Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department''' is a combination career and volunteer organization providing fire suppression, emergency medical, technical rescue, hazardous materials, water rescue, life safety education, fire prevention and arson investigation services to [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]], [[Virginia]]. Emergency medical services include advanced life support response by advanced life support engines and medic transport units.
{{Infobox fire department
| name =Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
| native_name =
| logo =[[File:FairfaxCountyFireLogo.jpg|150px]]
| logo_alt =
| logo_size =
| motto =
<!-- Operational Area -->
| country ={{USA}}
| subdivision_type1 =[[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2 =[[County (United States)|County]]
| subdivision_name1 ={{Flag|Virginia}}
| subdivision_name2 ={{flagicon image|Flag of Fairfax County, Virginia.svg}} [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax]]
| address =
<!-- Agency Overview -->
| established = 1949
| annual calls = 125,211 (2023)
 
| employees =1,510 Uniformed members <br /> 167 Civilian employees <br /> 355 Volunteer members
In the 800[[MHz]] trunked radio system, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue is channel 4. All FCFR units begin with 4 followed by the station number. For example, the engine from station 4 is Engine 404, and the tower-ladder from station 36 is Tower 436. Reserve units begin with 8 instead of 4.
| annual budget =$269,128,017 <small>(FY 2025)</small>
| staffing =
| chief =John S. Butler
<!-- Infobox does not support the following parameter:| Public Information Officer =Mitchell Clark -->
| captain =
| FirstResponderBLSorALS =
| iaff =2068
<!-- Facilities & Equipment history -->
| reference1 =<ref name=Annual>{{cite web|title=Annual Summary (FY 2014)|url=http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr/download/2014anrpt.pdf|website=Fairfax County|publisher=Fairfax County airfax County Fire & Rescue Department|accessdate=20 January 2015|archive-date=21 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121054545/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr/download/2014anrpt.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| commissioner =
| divisions = 2
| battalions = 8
| stations = 39
| engines = 66
| trucks = 14
| tower ladders = 8 Front line 1 Reserve
| rescues = 8
| ambulances =70
| tankers =5
| hazmat = 3
| usar = VA TF-1
<!-- Footer -->
| reference2 =<ref name=Annual/>
| website = {{official website|http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr/}}
| iaffweb =
| superintendent =
| district supervisor =
}}
 
The '''Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department''' is a combination career and volunteer organization that provides [[Firefighting|fire suppression services]], [[emergency medical services|emergency medical response services]], [[technical rescue|technical rescue services]], [[hazardous materials|hazardous materials Response services]], water rescue services, life safety education, [[fire prevention]] and [[arson investigation]] services to [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]], [[Virginia]]. Emergency medical services include advanced life support response by ALS (Advanced Life Support) capable engines and transport units.
 
==Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments==
{{Main|Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments}}
As part of the [[Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments]], Fairfax County Fire and Rescue is labeled number 4 in the 800&nbsp;MHz trunked radio system. All FCFR units begin with 4 followed by the station number. For example, the engine from station 19 is E419M, and the tower-ladder from station 1 is TL401M. 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. The "M" at the end of the unit designation represents an ALS capable unit (paramedic on board), which all Fairfax County Engines, Trucks, Towers, and Rescues are at optimal staffing levels. The "M" is not verbalized.
 
== Overview ==
[[File:US Navy 030724-M-7691C-006 Paramedics from Fairfax County, Va., Fire and Rescue move a casualty from a gurney to a stretcher for transportation to a local hospital during Exercise Gallant Fox outside of the Pentagon.jpg|thumb|left|Fairfax County paramedics participate in an exercise at [[The Pentagon]].]]
[[Image:Rescue 439.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Rescue 439]]
Fairfax County Fire and Resuce DepartmentFCFRD consists of 3639 fire stations withspread aout 37thacross slatedthe tocounty's be{{convert|407|sqmi|sqkm}}, inserving usea bypopulation [[March]]of [[2007]]1.15 million Theresidents.<ref stationsname=Info>{{cite coverweb|title=General anInformation|url=http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr/general_info.htm|accessdate=21 area ofJanuary 3952015|archive-date=21 squareJanuary miles2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121054151/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr/general_info.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> With over 1,300400 uniformed staff, 300 civilian employees, and 350 operational and administrative volunteers, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department is the largest fire department in the [[Commonwealth of Virginia]].<ref name=Info/>
 
The Fairfax County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association (FCVFRA) partners with the FCFRD to combine 12 volunteer fire and rescue departments in Fairfax County.<ref name=Volunteer>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.fcvfra.org/about/|website=Fairfax County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association|accessdate=21 January 2015|archive-date=21 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121051057/http://www.fcvfra.org/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> Volunteers in these 12 departments are full partners with the career staff of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, providing emergency services in and around Fairfax County. These volunteers are trained to the same standards as career personnel and are involved in all aspects of the fire and rescue services from staffing ambulances and fire suppression vehicles to participating in domestic and international urban search and rescue. As independent, nonprofit organizations, the volunteer departments own 8 of the 39 fire stations in Fairfax County and operate out of an additional 7 fire stations. Over 355 volunteer personnel placed units in service on 1,877 occasions, out of a total of 103,946 incidents countywide for FY2018.<ref>https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fire-ems/sites/fire-ems/files/assets/documents/pdf/oi/2017anlrpt.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408023625/https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fire-ems/sites/fire-ems/files/assets/documents/pdf/oi/2017anlrpt.pdf |date=2023-04-08 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
 
== USAR Task Force ==
{{main|Urban Search and Rescue Virginia Task Force 1}}
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue also sponsors one of the nation's [[Urban Search and Rescue]] response teams. Named 'Virginia Task Force 1,' the team is composed of approximately 200 specially trained career and volunteer fire and rescue personnel, with expertise in the rescue of victims from collapsed structures, following a natural or man-made catastrophic event.<ref name=TaskForce>{{cite web|title=About VA-TF1|url=https://www.vatf1.org/about.cfm|accessdate=21 January 2015|archive-date=21 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121054854/https://www.vatf1.org/about.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref> The team is composed of emergency managers and planners, physicians and paramedics and includes specialists in the fields of structural engineering, heavy rigging, collapse rescue, logistics, hazardous materials, communications, canine operations, and technical search. Virginia Task Force 1 has partnerships with the [[Department of Homeland Security]]/[[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] for domestic response and the [[United States Agency for International Development]]/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance during international missions.<ref name=TaskForce/> As a part of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, the task force maintains constant operational readiness as a local resource for residents of Fairfax County and surrounding jurisdictions.
 
== Stations and apparatus ==
● Almost all apparatus are considered career-staffed unless where marked by a 'V'. <br />
● Accounts for the addition of the 8th Battalion in February 2021. <br />
● Station 44 (Scotts Run) in McLean opened, and Rescue 401 became Rescue 444, both in August 2021.<br />
● ALS Cars introduced January 2024 (3 units) placed among the County <br />
● Accounts for the ALS to BLS conversion of certain career transport units at some fire stations (Annandale (8), Bailey's Crossroads (10), Great Falls (12), Chantilly (15), Clifton (16), Gunston (20), Reston (25), West Springfield (27), Fox Mill (31), Fairfax Center (40), Crosspointe (41), and Scott's Run (44)) in February 2022. <br />
● Accounts for 2025 budgets cuts of Rescue Squad 419&21, and movement of other Rescue Co. and special units. <br />
● Rescue Squads now numbered off of Battalion they are in
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
|rowspan=2|Fire Station Number
[[Fire hydrant]]s are quite common in Fairfax County and thus the county only has 3 tanker trucks stationed in the more rural and spread out parts of the county: Great Falls, Clifton and the area around [[U.S. Route 1]] near Gunston.
|rowspan=2|Locality
{{incomplete list}}
|colspan=4|Fire Units
{| class="wikitable"
|colspan=2|EMS Units
!rowspan=2|Station
|colspan="3" |Battalion Management Units
!rowspan=2|Locality
!colspan|rowspan=42|FireSpecialty / Historic Units
!colspan=2|EMS Units
|-
!|[[Fire engine|Engine Company]]
!|[[Fire truckengine#Aerial apparatus|Truck Company]]
|[[Water tender|Tanker Company]]
![[Heavy rescue vehicle|Rescue Squad]]
|[[Heavy rescue vehicle|Rescue Company]]
![[Water tender|Tanker]]
!|[[Ambulance|ParamedicMedic Unit]]
![[|Ambulance]] Unit
|[[Battalion chief|Battalion Chief Units]]
|[[Nontransporting EMS vehicle|EMS Supervisor Unit]]
|Safety Officer Units
|-
!1
|Station 1
|[[McLean, Virginia|McLean]]
|align=center|X E
|align=center|XTL
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|X
| align="center" | X,V
| align="center" |V
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|UT401, Antique 1970 Peter Pirsch Engine
|-
!2
|Station 2
|[[Vienna, Virginia|Vienna]]
|align=center|XE,V
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
| align="center" | X
| align="center" |V
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|
|align=center|UT402,BR402, Bike Team Trailer, Old Max Antique Engine
|-
!3
|Station 4
|[[Fairfax, Virginia|Fairfax]]
|align=center|CAFS
|align=center|TL
|align=center|
|
| align="center" | X
| align="center" |
|align=center| BC443
|align=center|
|
|align=center| UT403
|-
!4
|[[Herndon, Virginia|Herndon]]
|align=center|E
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|-
!5
|Station 5
|[[Franconia, Virginia|Franconia]]
|align=center|E,V
|align=center|TL-Peak Staffing
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|XV
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|UT405, BR405, VC405
|-
!7
|Training Academy
|align=center|E,E
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|BUS407, Foam Trailer
|-
!8
|Station 8
|[[Annandale, Virginia|Annandale]]
|align=center|E
|align=center|TL
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|X,V
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|XCAN408
|-
!9
|Station 9
|[[Mount Vernon, Virginia|Mount Vernon]]
|align=center|XE
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|EMS406
|
|align=center|
|-
!10
|Station 10
|[[Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia|Bailey's Crossroads]]
|align=center|E
|align=center|TT
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|X,V
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
!11
|Station 11
|Penn Daw
|align=center|XE
|align=center|XT
|align=center|X
|align=center|R406(H)
|align=center|X,X
|align=center|
|align=center|BC406
|align=center|
|
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
!12
|Station 12
|[[Great Falls, Virginia|Great Falls]]
|align=center| CAFS
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|
|align=center|
|align=center|X,V
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|SW412A,B,C, BSU, BR412, UT412, UT412B
|-
!13
|Station 13
|[[Dunn Loring, Virginia|Dunn Loring]]
|align=center|E,V
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|V
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
| align="center" |UT413, REHAB 413
|align=center|X
|-
!14
|Station 14
|[[Burke, Virginia|Burke]]
|align=center|XE,V
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|V,V
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|UT414, BR414, VC414, Foam414
|-
!15
|Station 15
|[[Chantilly, Virginia|Chantilly]]
|align=center|XE
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|BC403
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|BR415, MCSU415
|-
!16
|Station 16
|[[Clifton, Virginia|Clifton]]
|align=center|X CAFS
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|BR416
|-
!17
|Station 17
|[[Centreville, Virginia|Centreville]]
|align=center|XE,V
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
| align="center" |X
|align=center|V
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|
|align=center|UT417, CAN417, VC417
|-
!18
|Station 18
|[[JeffersonWest Falls Church, Virginia|Jefferson]]
|align=center|XE
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|R404(T)
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|BC404
|align=center|EMS404
|
|align=center|TR404, CA400, SW404
|-
!19
|Station 19
|[[Lorton, Virginia|Lorton]]
|align=center|XE
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|V
|align=center|BC405
|align=center|
|
|align=center|VC419
|-
!20
|Station 20
|[[Gunston Hall|Gunston]]
|align=center|CAFS
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|
|align=center|FB420, FB420B, SW420, UTV420, BSU420
|-
!21
|Station 21
|[[Fair Lakes, Virginia|Fair Oaks]]
|align=center|XE,V
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|XV
|align=center|DC401
|align=center|
|
|align=center|UT421, VC421, TR-SW421
|-
! Greater Springfield Volunteer Fire Department |22
|Station 22
|[[Springfield, Virginia|Springfield]]
|align=center|XE,V
|align=center|XT
|align=center|
|
| align="center" |X,V
|align=center|V
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|
|align=center|CAN422, CAN422B, UT422, VC422
|-
!23
|Station 23
|West [[Annandale, Virginia|West Annandale]]
|align=center|E
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
| align="center" |LA423
|-
!24
|[[Woodlawn, Fairfax County, Virginia|Woodlawn]]
|align=center|E
|align=center|TL
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|-
|Station 24
|[[Woodlawn, Virginia|Woodlawn]]
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|
|align=center|BR424, SHRU424
|-
!25
|Station 25
|[[Reston, Virginia|Reston]]
|align=center|XE
|align=center|TT
|align=center|
|align=center|R401 (T)
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|BC401
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|TR401, SW401, BR
|-
!26
|Station 26
|Edsall Road
|align=center|XE
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|R408(H)
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|BC408
|align=center|
|
| align="center" |Foam426
|-
!27
|Station 27
|West [[Springfield, Virginia|West Springfield]]
|align=center|XE
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|EMS405
|
|align=center|MAB427
|-
!28
|Station 28
|[[Seven Corners, Virginia|SevenFort CornersBuffalo]]
|align=center|E
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|-
!29
|Station 29
|[[Tysons Corner, Virginia|Tysons Corner]]
|align=center|XE
|align=center|TT
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|BC402
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|-
!30
|Station 30
|[[Merrifield, Virginia|Merrifield]]
|align=center|XE
|align=center|TT
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|XSAF403
|align=center|
|-
!31
|Station 31
|[[Fox Mill, Virginia|Fox Mill]]
|align=center|XE
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|SAF402
|align=center|SHRU431
|-
!32
|Station 32
|Fairview
|align=center| CAFS
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|-
!33
|Station 34
|[[OaktonFairfax, Virginia|OaktonFairfax]]
|align=center| RE
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align-center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center| SW433, UT433
|-
!34
|[[Oakton, Virginia|Oakton]]
|align=center| E
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|ALS 401
|-
!35
|Station 35
|Pohick
|align=center| E
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|R405(T)
|align=center|X
|align=center|
Line 315 ⟶ 537:
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|XMCSU435, TR405
|-
!36
|Station 36
|[[Floris, Virginia|Frying Pan]]
|align=center|X E
|align=center|TL
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
| align="center" |LA436
|-
!37
|Station 37
|[[Kingstowne, Virginia|Kingstowne]]
|align=center|X E
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|V
|align=center|DC402
|align=center|
|align=center|SAF401
| align="center" |Foam 437, LA437
|-
!38
|[[Centreville, Virginia|West Centreville]]
|align=center| E
|align=center|T
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|V
|align=center|
|align=center|EMS403
|
|align=center|MCP400
|-
!39
|Station 38
|[[Reston, Virginia|North Point]]
|West Centreville
|align=center| CAFS
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|
|align=center|
|-
!40
|Station 39
|Fairfax Center
|North Point
|align=center|X E
|align=center|TL
|align=center|
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|BC407
|align=center|
|
|align=center|HAZMAT 401, HMSU401
|-
!41
|Station 40
|[[Crosspointe, Virginia|Crosspointe]]
|Fairfax Center
|align=center| CAFS
|align=center|T
|align=center|X
|
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|UTV441
|-
!42
|[[Wolf Trap, Virginia|Wolftrap]]
|align=center| CAFS
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|EMS401
|
|align=center|UTV442, MCSU442, UT442
|-
!44
|Station 41
|[[Vienna, Virginia|Scotts Run]]
|Crosspointe
|align=center|XE-Peak Staffing
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|XR402-Peak Staffing
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|SICPO
|}
 
'''[[Abbreviations]]:'''
{{div col}}
*ALS - Paramedic Lieutenant
*BC - Battalion Chief
*DC - Division Chief
*EMS- EMS Captain
*PIO- Public Information Officer
*FE - Foam Engine
*RE - Rescue Engine
*R(H) - Hazmat Rescue
*R(T) - Technical Rescue
*V - Volunteer-staffed
*T - Truck Company
*TL - Tower Ladder
*TT - Tiller Truck
*UT - Utility
*CAN - Canteen Unit
*CAFS - Compressed Air Foam System
*BR - Brush Unit
*VC - Volunteer Chief (Operational Volunteer Command Officer)
*SW - Swift Water Rescue (Inflatable Boat/Zodiac)
*BSU - Boat Support Unit
*FB - Fire Boat
*LA - Light and Air Unit
*REHAB - Rehabilitation Unit
*UTV - Gator Unit
*TR - Technical Rescue Unit
*TRS - Technical Rescue Support Unit
*MCSU - Mass Casualty Support Unit
*SAF - Safety Officer
*SICPO - Staffing Incident Command Post Officer
*HAZMAT - Hazardous Materials Unit
*HMSU - Hazardous Materials Support Unit
*SHRU - Special Hazards Response Unit
*MAB - Medical Ambulance Bus
*MCP - Mobile Command Post
*Lab 401 - Fire Marshal Mobile Lab Unit
*Foam - Foam Trailer/Truck
{{div col end}}
 
==Gallery==
[[File:Fairfax County Fire Station 440 Hazardous Materials truck.jpg|thumb|Hazmat truck 440]]
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Advanced life support|ALS]]
* [[Fire engine|Fire Engine]]
* [[Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments]]
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
==External links==
* [http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr/ Fairfax County Fire and Rescue homepage]
* [http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr/deptinfo/stations.htm FCFRD Station list]
* [http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr/download/2004_patches.pdf Department Patches]
* [http://www.fcvfra.org/ Fairfax County Volunteer Fire Rescue Association]
* [http://www.fairfaxfirefighters.org/ Fairfax County Professional Fire Fighters & Paramedics - IAFF Local 2068]
 
{{Fairfax County, Virginia topics}}
{{portal|Fire|Large bonfire.jpg}}
{{Virginia fire departments}}
 
[[Category:Government in Fairfax County, Virginia]]
[[Category:Fire departments in Virginia]]
[[Category:1949 establishments in Virginia]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1949]]