The mission of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service is to provide maximum protection of lives, property and the environment with comprehensive risk reduction programs and safe and effective emergency response provided by highly skilled career and volunteer service providers representing the County's diverse population. The Fire and Rescue Service Capital Program provides for the repair and renovation of existing facilities and construction of new or replacement facilities at appropriate locations throughout the County to ensure prompt and efficient fire, rescue, and emergency medical services.County-wide fire, emergency medical and specialized rescue services, supported by an aggressive...
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES
The mission of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service is to provide maximum protection of lives, property and the environment with comprehensive risk reduction programs and safe and effective emergency response provided by highly skilled career and volunteer service providers representing the County's diverse population. The Fire and Rescue Service Capital Program provides for the repair and renovation of existing facilities and construction of new or replacement facilities at appropriate locations throughout the County to ensure prompt and efficient fire, rescue, and emergency medical services.
County-wide fire, emergency medical and specialized rescue services, supported by an aggressive community outreach component geared toward preventing the 9-1-1 call, is realized through the efforts of one of the largest combination fire and rescue service organizations in the country. Operating from thirty-seven (37) fire and rescue stations, and several satellite offices and facilities, primary staffing is widely provided by a career workforce supplemented by volunteers from nineteen (19) Local Fire and Rescue Departments (LFRD).
Departments (LFRD)
Volunteer staffing is provided within the framework of regulations, policies, and procedures established by County Code through the Fire Chief of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS). Volunteer support is supplemented by significant Fire Tax funding for equipment, training, and facility maintenance, renovations and additions.
The MCFRS, under the leadership of the Fire Chief, also directs and provides services in the areas of program development, fire prevention, fire and explosives investigations, communications, training, emergency medical services, and emergency management preparedness.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Design and construct a new White Flint Fire Station to replace Rockville Station #23 and support the White Flint community.
- Construct a permanent Clarksburg Fire Station, including the design and construction of the sewer for Historic Clarksburg.
- Continue apparatus replacement to meet critical apparatus needs. During the six-year period it is anticipated that the following units will be replaced: ten aerials, 38 EMS units, 16 engines, four rescue squads, and one tanker. Funds have been reallocated within the existing appropriation to better address an aging aerial fleet.
- Support planning funding for the Rockville Fire Station #3 renovation project.
- Continue to fund level-of-effort/ongoing maintenance projects including Life Safety Systems; Emergency Power System Upgrades; Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning/Electrical Replacement; Resurfacing paved areas; and Roof Replacement.
- Within the General Government section of the CIP, funds are included to upgrade and modernize the Public Safety Communications System.
PROGRAM CONTACTS
Contact June Evans of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service at 240.777.2459 or Rachel Silberman of the Office of Management and Budget at 240.777.2770 for more information regarding this department's capital budget.
CAPITAL PROGRAM REVIEW
The FY21-26 Capital Improvements Program for Fire and Rescue Service includes ten ongoing projects totaling $113.5 million over six years. This represents a $522,000 or 0.5 percent decrease from the FY19-24 Amended Program of $114.1 million. This decrease is due mainly to the completion of scheduled work on the Clarksburg Fire Station and the Glen Echo Fire Station Renovation, offset in part by slippage in the Apparatus Replacement Program and the addition of Phase II Historic Clarksburg sewer work to the Clarksburg Fire Station project.
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