Franklin County (VA)
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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)
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