Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department

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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. Emergency medical services include advanced life support response by paramedic engines and medic transport units.

In the 800MHz 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.

[edit] Overview

Fairfax County Fire and Resuce Department consists of 36 fire stations with a 37th slated to be in use by March 2007. The stations cover an area of 395 square miles. With over 1,300 uniformed staff, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department is the largest fire department in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Station	Locality	Units
		Engine	Truck	Ambulance	Rescue Squad	Tanker
Station 1	McLean	X	X	X
Station 2	Vienna	X
Station 3	Fairfax	X
Station 4	Herndon	X		X	X
Station 5	Franconia
Station 8	Annandale
Station 9	Mount Vernon
Station 10	Bailey's Crossroads	X		X
Station 11	Penn Daw	X	X	X
Station 12	Great Falls	X		X		X
Station 13	Dunn Loring
Station 14	Burke
Station 15	Chantilly	X		X
Station 16	Clifton
Station 17	Centreville
Station 18	Jefferson
Station 19	Lorton
Station 20	Gunston
Station 21	Fair Oaks	X		X	X
Station 22	Springfield
Station 23	West Annandale
Station 24	Woodlawn
Station 25	Reston	X	X	X
Station 26	Edsall Road
Station 27	West Springfield
Station 28	Seven Corners
Station 29	Tysons Corner	X
Station 30	Merrifield
Station 31	Fox Mill
Station 32	Fairview
Station 33	Fairfax
Station 34	Oakton
Station 35	Pohick
Station 36	Frying Pan	X	X	X
Station 37	Kingstowne
Station 38	West Centreville	X	X	X
Station 39	North Point	X		X	X
Station 40	Fairfax Center	X		X
Station 41	Crosspointe	X		X		X

[edit] External links

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue homepage FCFR Station list