The Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service is the 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.
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. The county uses an incident command system to coordinate the efforts of paid and volunteer personnel at the scenes of emergencies.
The county is broken into five battalions, with a total of 34 fire stations and 2 rescue companies.
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Downtown Silver Spring | Silver Spring FD |
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Takoma Park | Takoma Park FD |
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Rockville | Rockville VFD |
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Sandy Spring | Sandy Spring VFD |
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Kensington | Kensington VFD |
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Downtown Bethesda | Bethesda FD |
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Chevy Chase | Chevy Chase FD |
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Gaithersburg / Montgomery Village | Gaithersburg-Washington Grove VFD |
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Hyattstown | Hyattstown FD |
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Cabin John | Cabin John Park VFD |
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Glen Echo | Glen Echo FD |
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White Oak | Hillandale VFD |
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Damascus | Damascus VFD |
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Beallsville | Upper Montgomery VFD |
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Burtonsville | Burtonsville VFD |
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Four Corners | Silver Spring FD |
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Laytonsville | Laytonsville VFD |
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Glenmont | Kensington VFD |
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Montgomery Hills | Silver Spring FD |
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Cedar Lane | Bethesda FD |
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Parkland | Kensington VFD |
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Kingsview | Montgomery County Fire & Rescue |
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Twinbrook | Rockville VFD |
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Colesville | Hillandale VFD |
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Aspen Hill | Kensington VFD |
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Democracy Boulevard | Bethesda FD |
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Training Academy Designation | Montgomery County Fire & Rescue |
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Derwood | Gaithersburg-Washington Grove VFD |
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Germantown | Germantown VFD |
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Potomac | Cabin John Park VFD |
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North Potomac | Rockville VFD |
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Falls Road | Rockville VFD |
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Milestone | Montgomery County Fire & Rescue |
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Clarksburg | Montgomery County Fire & Rescue |
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Olney | Sandy Spring VFD |
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Bethesda-Chevy Chase | Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad |
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Wheaton | Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad |
BOLD indicates the Battalion Chief's quarters.
"Council Approves Changes to Fire & Rescue Services" (Press release). Montgomery County Government. May 4, 2004. http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/council/pdf/archive/pr/2004/0504fire.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
"Glen Echo Fire Department - about GEFD". Glen Echo Fire Department. Archived from the original on 2006-07-15. http://web.archive.org/web/20060715181941/http://www.gefd.org/about/default.asp. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
"MCFRS Home Page". Montgomery County Government. http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/firtmpl.asp?url=/Content/FireRescue/index.asp. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
"Montgomery County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association - about us". Montgomery County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. http://www.mcvfra.org/base.cgim?template=About_Us. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
Parrish, Warren (June 9, 2004). "County volunteer firefighters endorse restructuring law". The Gazette Newspapers. http://www.gazette.net/gazette_archive/2004/200424/olney/news/220765-1.html. Retrieved 2007-01-01.