Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department

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Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department

Established	1949
Staffing	Combination
Strength	1,600
Stations	36
Engines	36
Trucks	-
Rescues	-
EMS Units	-
EMS Level	ALS
Fire chief	David L. Rohr

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.

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Rescue 439

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.

Fire hydrants 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.

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