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==Franklin County Fire & Rescue Stations== | ==Franklin County Fire & Rescue Stations== | ||
| + | Fire Departments: | ||
| + | *1 Rocky Mount VFD (Department 1) | ||
| + | *3 Ferrum VFD (Company 3) | ||
| + | *4 Glade Hill VFD (Company 4) | ||
| + | *5 Calloway VFD (Company 5) | ||
| + | *6 Snow Creek VFD (Company 6) | ||
| + | *7 Boones Mill VFD (Company 7) | ||
| + | *8 Fork Mountain VFD (Company 8) | ||
| + | *9 Burnt Chimney VFD (Company 9) | ||
| + | *10 Scruggs VFD (Company 10) | ||
| + | *11 Smith Mountain Lake Marine Volunteer Fire Company (No Station ID - Units are "Fireboat 11-XX") | ||
| + | *12 Hardy VFD (Company 12 - Dispatched by Bedford County) | ||
| + | *13 Cool Branch VFD (Company 13 - Dual Dispatched by Franklin & Pittsylvania County) | ||
| + | *14 Henry VFD (Compny 14) | ||
| + | *15 Franklin County Dept. of Public Safety - Westlake Station | ||
| − | *1 Dept of Public Safety | + | Rescue Squads: |
| − | *2 | + | *1 Franklin County Dept. of Public Safety (Squad 1) |
| − | *3 Ferrum | + | *2 Franklin County Rescue Squad (Squad 2 - Volunteer) |
| − | *4 Glade Hill | + | *3 Ferrum VRS (Squad 3) |
| − | *5 Calloway | + | *4 Glade Hill VRS (Squad 4) |
| − | *6 Snow Creek | + | *5 Calloway VRS (Squad 5) |
| − | *7 Boones Mill | + | *6 Snow Creek VRS (Squad 6) |
| − | *8 Fork Mountain | + | *7 Boones Mill VFD (Squad 7) |
| − | *9 | + | *8 Fork Mountain VRS (Squad 8) |
| − | *10 Scruggs | + | *9 Red Valley Rescue Squad (Squad 9) |
| − | *11 | + | *10 Scruggs VRS (Squad 10) |
| − | *12 Hardy (Dispatched by Bedford County) | + | *11 Smith Mountain Lake Marine Volunteer Fire Company (Non-Transport First Response by Boat) |
| − | *13 Cool Branch (Dispatched by Pittsylvania County) | + | *12 Hardy VRS (Squad 12 - Dispatched by Bedford County) |
| − | *14 Henry | + | *13 Cool Branch VRS (Squad 13 - Dual Dispatched by Franklin & Pittsylvania County) |
| + | *14 Henry VFD (Compny 14 - Non-Transport First Response) | ||
| + | *15 Franklin County Dept. of Public Safety - Westlake Station | ||
| + | NOTE - Henry VFD (Company 14) is in the Henry Community of Franklin County NOT Henry County | ||
| + | ==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 Co 5 has 2 Tankers thus the radio call signs "Tanker5" & "Tanker5B"), and so forth. | ||
| + | '''Rescue Units:''' | ||
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| + | Type (Staffing) Designator - Station Designator - Redundant Equipment Differentiator | ||
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| + | 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" | ||
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| + | Rescue 2B, Med 5, etc. | ||
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| + | Note that the redundant equipment differentiator is NOT an indication of run order. | ||
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| + | '''Staff ID's:''' | ||
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| + | Fire/Rescue Designator - Agency Identifier - Member Number | ||
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| + | 2 is an EMS member designator & 3 is a Fire member designator. | ||
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| + | Some Agencies have a "System" for Member numbers that differientiate who is an ALS & BLS provider - others do not. Additionally some agencies reserve the first few slots for line officers where as others use command title designations. | ||
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| + | 2-1-27 - EMS Member from Squad 1 | ||
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| + | 3-3-38 - Fire Member from Company 3 | ||
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| + | Chief 9 - Chief of Dept for Co 9 | ||
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| + | Captian 2 - Captian of Squad 2 (Equal in rank to FD Chief in ICS scheme) | ||
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| + | '''Special Notes for Squad 1''' | ||
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| + | Squad 1 is all Franklin County Dept. of Public Safety Field Staff | ||
| + | All field staff are cross traind Fire & EMS and each Ambulance carries SCBA's, basic hand tools, and turn out gear. | ||
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| + | They staff 3 ALS Ambulances in Volunteer stations M-F 05:30 to 18:00 (Squads 2,4, and 9) - Their Radio call signs are "Medic 1-" and the volunteer squad number ie. Medic 1-4, 1-2, and 1-9. | ||
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| + | Squad 1 also has a Two person - 24/7 station at Westlake (15). They staff an ALS Ambulance (radio identifier is Med 15 or Medic 15) and a fire supression piece (radio identifier Engine 15). | ||
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Revision as of 10:29, 22 February 2010
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Codes/Units/Station Lists
Franklin County Fire & Rescue Stations
Fire Departments:
- 1 Rocky Mount VFD (Department 1)
- 3 Ferrum VFD (Company 3)
- 4 Glade Hill VFD (Company 4)
- 5 Calloway VFD (Company 5)
- 6 Snow Creek VFD (Company 6)
- 7 Boones Mill VFD (Company 7)
- 8 Fork Mountain VFD (Company 8)
- 9 Burnt Chimney VFD (Company 9)
- 10 Scruggs VFD (Company 10)
- 11 Smith Mountain Lake Marine Volunteer Fire Company (No Station ID - Units are "Fireboat 11-XX")
- 12 Hardy VFD (Company 12 - Dispatched by Bedford County)
- 13 Cool Branch VFD (Company 13 - Dual Dispatched by Franklin & Pittsylvania County)
- 14 Henry VFD (Compny 14)
- 15 Franklin County Dept. of Public Safety - Westlake Station
Rescue Squads:
- 1 Franklin County Dept. of Public Safety (Squad 1)
- 2 Franklin County Rescue Squad (Squad 2 - Volunteer)
- 3 Ferrum VRS (Squad 3)
- 4 Glade Hill VRS (Squad 4)
- 5 Calloway VRS (Squad 5)
- 6 Snow Creek VRS (Squad 6)
- 7 Boones Mill VFD (Squad 7)
- 8 Fork Mountain VRS (Squad 8)
- 9 Red Valley Rescue Squad (Squad 9)
- 10 Scruggs VRS (Squad 10)
- 11 Smith Mountain Lake Marine Volunteer Fire Company (Non-Transport First Response by Boat)
- 12 Hardy VRS (Squad 12 - Dispatched by Bedford County)
- 13 Cool Branch VRS (Squad 13 - Dual Dispatched by Franklin & Pittsylvania County)
- 14 Henry VFD (Compny 14 - Non-Transport First Response)
- 15 Franklin County Dept. of Public Safety - Westlake Station
NOTE - Henry VFD (Company 14) is in the Henry Community of Franklin County NOT Henry County
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 Co 5 has 2 Tankers thus the radio call signs "Tanker5" & "Tanker5B"), and so forth.
Rescue Units:
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"
Rescue 2B, Med 5, 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 EMS member designator & 3 is a Fire member designator.
Some Agencies have a "System" for Member numbers that differientiate who is an ALS & BLS provider - others do not. Additionally some agencies reserve the first few slots for line officers where as others use command title designations.
2-1-27 - EMS Member from Squad 1
3-3-38 - Fire Member from Company 3
Chief 9 - Chief of Dept for Co 9
Captian 2 - Captian of Squad 2 (Equal in rank to FD Chief in ICS scheme)
Special Notes for Squad 1
Squad 1 is all Franklin County Dept. of Public Safety Field Staff All field staff are cross traind Fire & EMS and each Ambulance carries SCBA's, basic hand tools, and turn out gear.
They staff 3 ALS Ambulances in Volunteer stations M-F 05:30 to 18:00 (Squads 2,4, and 9) - Their Radio call signs are "Medic 1-" and the volunteer squad number ie. Medic 1-4, 1-2, and 1-9.
Squad 1 also has a Two person - 24/7 station at Westlake (15). They staff an ALS Ambulance (radio identifier is Med 15 or Medic 15) and a fire supression piece (radio identifier Engine 15).