Albemarle County (VA) Area Agencies and Organizations

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Agencies and Organizations serving Albemarle, Charlottesville, and UVA

Introduction

Albemarle County surrounds or includes the city of Charlottesville, several towns, many named communities and neighborhoods, and is home to the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (CHO). Charlottesville, the only city in Albemarle County, is located north of Interstate 64 and east of US Route 29. The business portions of US Route 250 and Route 29 wind their way through Charlottesville.

Using a combination of volunteer and career personnel, Charlottesville and Albemarle separately provide fire, rescue, and law enforcement services to their citizens. With property in both the city and county, the University of Virginia (UVA) has its own police department, security force, ambulance fleet, and is home to the Pegasus medevac helicopter. Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) has its own police and security forces. All of these agencies work together regularly under mutual aid agreements.

Emergent 911-calls, and non-emergent service calls, are received by, and dispatched centrally from, the local Emergency Communications Center (CECC)^[1], using the Charlottesville/Albemarle Trunked Radio System. The UVA Medical Center and Martha Jefferson Hospitals serve citizens in this and surrounding counties. UVA Medcom dispatches UVA's ambulance fleet and Pegasus. UVA Medic V (read as "Medic 5") ambulances primarily serve UVA medical facilities.^[2] UVA Special Event Medical Management (SEMM) ambulances primarily provide standby support at special events involving large crowds.^[3] Several area fire departments and rescue squads also provide standby support. Specialized teams, like the Technical Rescue Team, utilize a combination of personnel and resources from several agencies.^[4] Other specialized fire and rescue teams, some agency-specific, include: Water Rescue Teams^[5]^[6], Vehicle Rescue Teams^[7], and Special Event Teams^[8]. Several agencies are members of Virginia State EMS Task Force 2.^[9]

In the city and county, the police departments handle patrol and traffic duties, whereas the sheriff departments handle civil matters, court duties, and prisoner transports. The sheriff departments regularly support the police on special assignments like selected traffic enforcement.^[10] All of the above agencies, and the Virginia State Police, combine their efforts using a unified command structure^[11]^[12] when an event involves large crowds, increased traffic, or requires a larger combined response. Specialized law-enforcement teams include: Tactical Teams, K-9 Teams, Firearms Teams, Surveillance Teams, Crisis Negotiations Teams, Forensics Teams, Accident Reconstruction Teams, and Search and Rescue Teams.^[13]^[14] The multi-jurisdictional Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement (JADE) Task Force, which is administered by the Charlottesville Police Department, utilizes members and resources from many of the above law enforcement agencies, and can also include members of the Virginia State Police and federal agencies like the FBI and DEA as appropriate.^[15]

The Albemarle, Charlottesville, and UVA communities are home to the U.S. Army's National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC), the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS), part of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), a National Guard armory, and U.S. Army Reserve Advising Group. UVA is home to a Naval Reserve Officer's Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipment Battalion, the Army Reserve Officer's Training Corps (AROTC) Cavalier Battalion, and the Air Force Officer's Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 890.

Albemarle Amateur Radio Club (AARC) serves Charlottesville, Albemarle, and the UVA communities. Earning the Dayton Hamvention 2011 Club of the Year Award brought AARC recognition on a national and international level.^[16]^[17] AARC membership includes leaders from several of the above emergency agencies. UVA regularly hosts the W4UVA Amateur Radio Club which encourages young amateur radio operators and recruits others into the world of amateur radio. AARC members maintain several local area repeaters^[18], and amateur radio equipment at CECC and area hospitals for use during communication emergencies.

Fire/EMS/Rescue/ECC/EM Agencies

Abbr		Agency	Radio ID	Location
CFD		Charlottesville Fire Department	Ridge St Station	203 Ridge St
			Station 1	345 250 Bypass
			Station 10	2420 Fontaine Ave
CARS		Charlottesville Albemarle Rescue Squad	Rescue 1	McIntire Rd
ERVFC		East Rivanna Volunteer Fire Company	Station 2	Glenmore
NGVFC		North Garden Volunteer Fire Company	Station 3	North Garden
EVFC		Earlysville Volunteer Fire Company	Station 4	Earlysville
CVFD		Crozet Volunteer Fire Department	Station 5	Crozet
WARS		Western Albemarle Rescue Squad	Rescue 5	Crozet
SPVFC		Stony Point Volunteer Fire Company	Station 6	Stony Point
SVFC		Scottsville Volunteer Fire Department	Station 7	Irish Road
STVFD		Seminole Trail Volunteer Fire Department	Station 8	Berkmar Dr
CHOFR		Charlottesville Albemarle Airport Fire Rescue	Station 9	CHO Airport
Rivanna Station		US Army "Rivanna Station"	Rivanna	Boulders Rd
ACFR	NGFR	North Garden Fire Rescue	Rescue 30	North Garden
	EFR	Earlysville Fire Rescue	Rescue 40	Earlysville
	SPFR	Stony Point Fire Rescue	Rescue 60	Stony Point
	SFR	Scottsville Fire Rescue	Station 17	Irish Road
	STFR	Seminole Trail Fire Rescue	Rescue 8	Berkmar Dr
	MFR	Monticello Fire Rescue Department	Station 11	Founders Place
	HFR	Hollymead Fire Rescue Department	Station 12	Lewis and Clark Dr
	IFR	Ivy Fire Rescue Department	Station 15, Rescue 15	Kritley LN
	PFR	Pantops Fire Rescue Department	Station 16	Peter Jefferson Parkway
	PFR	Pantops Fire Rescue Department	ACFR	Albemarle County Fire Rescue Department	Administration	Stage Coach RD
CECC	CECC	Charlottesville Albemarle UVA Emergency Communications Center	ECC or Base	Ivy Rd
	CEOC	Emergency Operations Center (activated as needed)	EOC	Ivy Rd
	EM	Emergency Management	EM	Ivy Rd
	CERT	Community Emergency Response Team	CERT	TBD
TJMRC	TJMRC	Thomas Jefferson Medical Reserve Corp	MRC ?, Health Dept ?	Rose Hill Dr
TJMRC	UVAMRC	UVA Medical Reserve Corp (A Chapter of TJMRC)	UVAMRC ?	UVA Grounds
UVA	UVAMRC	UVA Medical Reserve Corp (A Chapter of TJMRC)	UVAMRC ?	UVA Grounds
	EM	UVA Emergency Management	UVA EM ?	UVA Grounds
	Fire	UVA Fire Marshal	UVA Fire Marshal	UVA Grounds
	MedCom	UVA Medical Communications Center	UVA MEDCOM	UVA Hospital
	UVA SEMM	Medic V	UVA Medic V Ambulance	Medic V	UVA ER
	UVA SEMM	Medic V	UVA Medic V Ambulance	Medic V	MJH ER Proffit	MJH ER Main (Pantops)
	NETS	UVA Newborn Emergency Transport	NETS	UVA ER
	Pegasus	UVA Pegasus	Helicopter Pegasus	CHO airport
			Pegasus Air	CHO airport
			Pegasus Ground	UVA ER
	SEMM	UVA Special Event Medical Management	SEMM	UVA ER, NorthRidge

^{References: NBC29 (PDF), WCAV, Daily Progress}

Fire/EMS/Rescue Apparatus

Agency		Apparatus
CFD		Attack 1, Engine 1,Engine 2,Engine 3,Engine 4,Engine 5,Engine 7, Engine 10, Truck 9, Tower 10, Hazmat 1
		Chief 1, Chief 2,Chief 3, Chief 4, Battalion 1,Battalion 2, OPS2, Battalion 3, Battalion 4, Battalion 5, Battalion 6,
		ERV1,ERV2 EMS1, Training 1, ISU1(BUS),RSFM1,RSFM2,RSFM10, Fire Marshal (FM1), Fire Marshal (FM2),Fire Marshal (FM3,Fire Marshal (FM4),Fire Marshal (FM6),
Pumper 2 (1929 Seagrave), Nott Steamer (1904 Horse-drawn)
CARS		RS140, RS141, RS142, RS143, RS144, RS145,RS146, RS147
		(Heavy Rescue)Squad 133, Squad 134, Squad 135
		Water Rescue 136, Boat 1, Boat 2, Boat 3, Kayak 1, Kayak 2, ?
		Logistics (MUS)137, Collapse Trailer(COLTRL), Special Events Trailer, Gator 1
		Car 130, Car 131, Car 132, Support 138, Car 139, Car 148, Car 149, OMD 6, OMD 8
ERVFC		Brush25, Engine 21, Engine 24, Tanker 26, Tanker 28, Tower 29, Car 20, Car 21, Car 22, Utility/Hose Trailer ,Gator 2
NGVFC		Engine 32, Engine 34, Tanker 37, Tanker 39, Utility 38, Brush 31, Brush 36, Car 30
EVFC		Engine 41, Engine 45, Tanker 49, Brush 43, Brush 46, Car 40, Car 42, Car 48,RS40
CVFD		Engine 52, Engine 56, Engine 58, TO54, Tanker 59, Brush 53, Brush 55, Car 50, Car 51, Car 52, Utility 59
WARS		RS501, RS502, RS503,RS504 Squad 505, Car 506, Car 507, Car 508, Water Rescue 509, Gator 5,
SPVFC		Engine 61, Engine 62, Tanker 69, Brush 63, Brush 64, Utility 65, Car 60, Car 61, Car 62, Gator 6
SVFC		Engine 72, Engine 73, Tanker 77, Tanker 79, Brush 75, Utility 76, HazMat Trailer(HM78), Water Rescue 70, Car 70, Car 71, Car 72, EMS 70
STVFD		Engine 81, Engine 82, Engine 85, Tower 88, Car 80, Car 82, Car 83, Car 89, Utility 86, Brush 85,
CHO		Airport 92, Airport 94, Airport 95 (sometimes the older "Phoenix 92 / 94 / 95" names are used over the air)
Rivanna Station		Rivanna EMS 1
ACFR	ERVFR	RS20
	NGFR	RS30
	SPFR	RS60
	SFR	RS17,RS17-2
	STFR	RS18,RS18-2
	MFR	RS11,RS11-2, Engine 111, Squad 11, Tanker 111, Water Rescue 11, Car 111, Rehab 10,
	HFR	RS12,RS12-2, Engine 121, Tanker 121, Tower 121, Car 121
	IFR	RS15, Engine 151, Chief 150,RS15-2, C15,1HazMat(HM47,
	PFR	RS16,RS16-2,Engine 161,Car161
	ACFR	Chief 10, Chief 11, Chief 12, Chief 13,Battalion 10, Battalion 11, Battalion 12, Battalion 13, Battalion 14,Battalion 15,Battalion 16, Battalion 201, Battalion 202
Fire Marshal (FM10), Fire Marshal (FM11), Fire Marshal (FM12), Fire Marshal (FM13),Fire Marshal (FM14), Fire Marshal (FM15) Training (TRNG10),Training (TRNG11), Training (TRNG13), Training 14 (TRNG14)	ACFR
UVA	Medic V	Medic 3, Medic 4, Medic 5, Medic 6, Medic 7, Medic 8, Medic 10, Medic 18, SCT 1,Wheelchair 26
	NETS	NETS 1, NETS2,
	Pegasus	N5UV Pegasus Air(Main), N710SB Pegasus (Back Up), Pegasaus Ground
	SEMM 1, SEMM 3,SEMM 4,SEMM 6,SEMM7,SEMM8,SEMM9,SEMM11,SEMM13,SEMM14,SEMM15,SEMM16, SEMMOMD,SEMM Gator 1 , SEMM Gator 2,SEMMGATRL
	EM	Emergency Management?
	Fire	UVA Fire Marshal