Representing the Volunteer Fire Companies of Baltimore County
Capabilities
Baltimore County’s twenty-nine independent volunteer provides primary fire, rescue,
EMS, and hazardous materials response to 391 square miles of our county. There are 96,438 address points in our primary response aera. That is over 188 pieces of apparatus at a replacement cost today of 93 million dollars.
There are 2028 medically cleared active volunteer responders and thousands more who
provide administrative support, fundraising, and community assistance.
There is a total of 20,487 members in our system anywhere from new members who
just joined too retired.
The volunteer companies operate the following
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Emergency Medical Services
25 Ambulances - 23 of which are Advance Life Support equipped
Fire Suppression Equipment
45 Engine companies “pumpers”
3 Engine Support Units for offroad access at large campuses
Rescue Apparatus
5 Ladder Truck companies 1 is an elevating platform or a “tower”
9 Heavy Duty Rescue Squads 1 is equipped with a 10-ton crane
Off- Road Response
14 Brush Trucks for wilderness fire fighting
9 All Terrain Response Vehicles
51 multi-purpose Utility vehicles for medical assists and other such tasks
Water Rescue Apparatus
4 Marine response watercraft
1 is equipped for Advance Life Support transport
5 Trailered Boats for use in all the inland waterways throughout Baltimore County
Rural Water Operations
4 Tanker Support Units for drafting out of ponds and creeks in the non-hydrant aeras
3 Large Capacity Tankers “4500 gallons”
Operational Support
4 Canteen and Rehab units for long duration incidents these respond with police also
Specialty Rescue Teams
2 Swift Water Response Teams
1 SUCBA Dive Rescue Team
1 Confined Space Rescue Team
1 High Water Response Unit
Specialty Apparatus
1 Special Operations Response Team for mass casualty incidents also active shooter incidents
1 Highway Response Blocker Unit for crash protection on interstate incidents