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 (Units are "Fireboat 11-XX")
- Company 12 - Hardy VFD (Dispatched by Bedford County)
- Company 13 - Cool Branch VFD (Company 13 - Dual Dispatched by Franklin & Pittsylvania County)
- 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 - Smith Mountain Lake Marine VFC (Non-Transport First Response by Boat)
- 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 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 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 Basic Life Support (BLS) EMS member designator (EMT-B & EMT-Enhanced)
3 is a Fire member designator
16 is the new 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)
- 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)
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 - Fire Member from Company 3
Chief 9 - Chief of Dept for Company 9
Captain 2 - Captain of Squad 2 (Equal in rank to Fire 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 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)
- 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)
- 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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