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Franklin County Fire & Rescue Stations

Fire Departments

Department 1 - Rocky Mount VFD
Company 3 - Ferrum VFD
Company 4 - Glade Hill VFD
Company 5 - Callaway VFD
Company 6 - Snow Creek VFD
Company 7 - Boones Mill VFD
Company 8 - Fork Mountain VFD
Company 9 - Burnt Chimney VFD
Company 10 - Scruggs VFD
Company 11 - Smith Mountain Lake Marine VFC (Dispatched by Bedford County)
Company 12 - Hardy VFD (Dispatched by Bedford County)
Company 13 - Cool Branch VFD (Dual Dispatched by Franklin and Pittsylvania Counties)
Company 14 - Henry VFD
Company 15 - Westlake Fire Station

Rescue Squads

Squad 1 - Franklin County Department of Public Safety
Squad 2 - Franklin County VRS
Squad 3 - Ferrum VRS
Squad 4 - Glade Hill VRS
Squad 5 - Callaway VRS
Squad 6 - Snow Creek VRS
Squad 7 - Boones Mill VFD
Squad 8 - Fork Mountain VRS
Squad 9 - Red Valley VRS
Squad 10 - Scruggs VRS
Squad 11 - Scruggs Dive Team
Squad 13 - Cool Branch VRS (Dual Dispatched by Franklin & Pittsylvania County)
Squad 14 - Henry VFD (Non-Transport EMS only)
Squad 15 - Westlake Fire Station

Franklin County Fire & Rescue Radio Call Signs

Fire Units

Type Specific Designator - Station Designator and optional Redundant Equipment Differentiator

Tower 1, Crash 3, Engine 4, Tanker 5B (The "B" differentiator shows that Company 5 has two tankers thus the radio call signs "Tanker 5" & "Tanker 5B"), and so forth.

Rescue Units

Type (Staffing) Designator - Station Designator - Redundant Equipment Differentiator

All trucks in the county are licensed at the Advanced Life Support (ALS) level, however radio call signs are based on the apparatus' staffing level. Basic Life Support (BLS) staffed units are designated "Rescue" and ALS staffed units are designated "Med" or "Medic." For example, Rescue 2B, Med 5, Medic 15, etc. Note that the redundant equipment differentiator is NOT an indication of run order.

Staff ID's

Fire/Rescue Designator - Agency Identifier - Member Number

2 is an Basic Life Support (BLS) EMS member designator (EMT or EMT-Advanced)

3 is a Fire member designator

16 is an Advanced Life Support (ALS) EMS member designator (EMT-Intermediate or EMT-Paramedic) followed by an agency & member specific designator.

The 2 vs 16 BLS/ALS designator does NOT apply to the County career staff.

To keep from having 3 digit agency and member specific designators for Squad 10 and since the 16 prefix is not applied to Squad 1 (Career Staff), they were looped down to the "10" series numbers (See examples below for clarification).

Some volunteer agencies reserve the first few slots for line officers where as others use command title designations.

2-1-25 - Member from Squad 1 (could be BLS or ALS)

2-2-0 - BLS Member from Volunteer Squad 2

16-20 ... 16-29 - ALS Members from Squad 2

16-30 ... 16-39 - ALS Members from Squad 3

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16-90 ... 16-99 - ALS Members from Squad 9

16-10 ... 16-19 - ALS Members from Squad 10

3-3-38 - Firefighter from Company 3

Chief 9 - Chief of Department for Company 9

Captain 2 - Captain of Squad 2 (Equal in rank to Fire Chief in ICS scheme)

Career Staff

Franklin County Public Safety (Squad 1) employs approximately 50 full-time and part-time employees that perform administrative and operational duties. Administrative staff are headquartered in the Public Safety Center in Rocky Mount, while field staff are located in the Rocky Mount, Ferrum, Glade Hill, Snow Creek, Boones Mill, Fork Mountain, and Westlake stations. Career staff are cross-trained as firefighters and are able to respond with fire/rescue apparatus as needed.

PS 1 (Director)
PS 2 (Division Chief, Operations)
FM 1 (Fire Marshal)
Captain 1 (24x7) (Field Supervisor)
Medic 1-2 (05:30 to 1800, Monday through Friday)
Medic 1-3 (24x7)
Medic 1-4 (24x7)
Medic 1-6 (05:30 to 1800, staffed up to three days a week)
Medic 1-7 (24x7)
Medic 1-8 (24x7)
Engine 15/Medic 15 (24x7)

@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 *Company 9 - Burnt Chimney VFD
 *Company 10 - Scruggs VFD
-*Company 11 - Smith Mountain Lake Marine VFC (Units are "Fireboat 11-XX")
+*Company 11 - Smith Mountain Lake Marine VFC (Dispatched by Bedford County)
 *Company 12 - Hardy VFD (Dispatched by Bedford County)
-*Company 13 - Cool Branch VFD (Company 13 - Dual Dispatched by Franklin & Pittsylvania County)
+*Company 13 - Cool Branch VFD (Dual Dispatched by Franklin and Pittsylvania Counties)
 *Company 14 - Henry VFD
 *Company 15 - Westlake Fire Station
@@ Line 32: / Line 32: @@
 *Squad 9 - Red Valley VRS
 *Squad 10 - Scruggs VRS
-*Squad 11 - Smith Mountain Lake Marine VFC (Non-Transport First Response by Boat)
+*Squad 11 - Scruggs Dive Team
-*Squad 12 - Hardy VRS (Dispatched by Bedford County)
 *Squad 13 - Cool Branch VRS (Dual Dispatched by Franklin & Pittsylvania County)
-*Squad 14 - Henry VFD (Non-Transport First Response)
+*Squad 14 - Henry VFD (Non-Transport EMS only)
 *Squad 15 - Westlake Fire Station
@@ Line 49: / Line 48: @@
 Type (Staffing) Designator - Station Designator - Redundant Equipment Differentiator
-All trucks in the county are licensed and stocked to the ALS level. Radio call signs are based on current staffing at that particular day / time. BLS staffed units are designated "Rescue" and ALS staffed units are designated "Med" or "Medic"
+All trucks in the county are licensed at the Advanced Life Support (ALS) level, however radio call signs are based on the apparatus' staffing level. Basic Life Support (BLS) staffed units are designated "Rescue" and ALS staffed units are designated "Med" or "Medic." For example, Rescue 2B, Med 5, Medic 15, etc. Note that the redundant equipment differentiator is NOT an indication of run order.
-Rescue 2B, Med 5, etc.
-Note that the redundant equipment differentiator is NOT an indication of run order.
 ===Staff ID's===
@@ Line 59: / Line 54: @@
 Fire/Rescue Designator - Agency Identifier - Member Number
-is an Basic Life Support (BLS) EMS member designator (EMT-B & EMT-Enhanced)
+is an Basic Life Support (BLS) EMS member designator (EMT or EMT-Advanced)
 is a Fire member designator
-is the new Advanced Life Support (ALS) EMS member designator (EMT-Intermediate or EMT-Paramedic) followed by an agency & member specific designator.
+is an Advanced Life Support (ALS) EMS member designator (EMT-Intermediate or EMT-Paramedic) followed by an agency & member specific designator.
-* Note 1 - The 2 vs 16 BLS/ALS designator does NOT apply to the County career staff (i.e. Squad 1)
+*The 2 vs 16 BLS/ALS designator does NOT apply to the County career staff.
-* Note 2 - To keep from having 3 digit agency & member specific designators for Squad 10 & since the 16 prefix is not applied to Squad 1 (Career Staff), they were looped down to the "10" series numbers (See examples below for clarification)
+*To keep from having 3 digit agency and member specific designators for Squad 10 and since the 16 prefix is not applied to Squad 1 (Career Staff), they were looped down to the "10" series numbers (See examples below for clarification).
 Some volunteer agencies reserve the first few slots for line officers where as others use command title designations.
@@ Line 89: / Line 84: @@
 -10 ... 16-19 - ALS Members from Squad 10
--3-38 - Fire Member from Company 3
+-3-38 - Firefighter from Company 3
-Chief 9 - Chief of Dept for Company 9
+Chief 9 - Chief of Department for Company 9
 Captain 2 - Captain of Squad 2 (Equal in rank to Fire Chief in ICS scheme)
+===Career Staff===
+Franklin County Public Safety (Squad 1) employs approximately 50 full-time and part-time employees that perform administrative and operational duties. Administrative staff are headquartered in the Public Safety Center in Rocky Mount, while field staff are located in the Rocky Mount, Ferrum, Glade Hill, Snow Creek, Boones Mill, Fork Mountain, and Westlake stations. Career staff are cross-trained as firefighters and are able to respond with fire/rescue apparatus as needed.
-===Special Notes for Squad 1===
+*PS 1 (Director)
+*PS 2 (Division Chief, Operations)
-Squad 1 is all Franklin County Dept. of Public Safety Field Staff.
+*FM 1 (Fire Marshal)
+*Captain 1 (24x7) (Field Supervisor)
-All field staff are cross trained Fire & EMS and each Ambulance carries SCBA's, basic hand tools, and turn out gear.
-===Career EMS Staffing===
-Franklin County Public Safety employs over 50 full-time and part-time employees that perform administrative and operational duties. Administrative staff are headquartered in the Public Safety Center in Rocky Mount, while field staff are located in the Rocky Mount, Ferrum, Glade Hill, Snow Creek, Boones Mill, Fork Mountain, and Westlake stations.
-*Captain 1 (Field Supervisor)
 *Medic 1-2 (05:30 to 1800, Monday through Friday)
 *Medic 1-3 (24x7)
@@ Line 112: / Line 103: @@
 *Medic 1-7 (24x7)
 *Medic 1-8 (24x7)
-*Medic 15 (24x7)
+*Engine 15/Medic 15 (24x7)
-===Career Fire-Rescue Staffing===
-Career staff assigned to Stations 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 are cross-trained as firefighters and are able to respond with fire/rescue apparatus as needed during the daylight hours when volunteer staffing is low. Station 15 has an ambulance and an engine and will respond with either apparatus depending on the call type.
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