Montgomery County 2008 Firehouse Magazine National Run Survey

Montgomery County, Maryland - Firehouse Magazine Run Survey - 2008

Population - 957,884
Busiest engine company - E708 (Gaithersburg), with 3790 runs
Busiest ladder company - T/AT 708 (Gaithersburg), with 2815 runs
Busiest Battalion Chief - BC703, with 715 runs
Busiest Ambulance - A703 (Rockville) , with 3389 runs
Busiest Medic Unit - M742 (Wheaton Rescue), with 3677 runs
Busiest Heavy Rescue - RS742 (Wheaton Rescue), with 2694 runs
Busiest Haz-Mat Unit - HM707 (Chevy Chase), with 103 runs
Busiest Fire Station - 8 (Gaithersburg), total number of runs 16,429
Units located at FS8 - E, T/AT, M(2), A (2), BC, Canteen

Number of engine companies - 34
Number of ladder companies - 15
Number of ambulances - 24
Number of paramedic units (incl E, A, etc) - 39
Number of haz mat units - 1
Number of heavy Rescues - 7
Number of Duty Chiefs - 6 (plus volunteer command officers)
Total staffing strength - 2613 (combination career/volunteer)
Annual budget - $195 million
Number of hours in Firefighters workweek - 48 hours (volunteers work schedule vary)
Average total engine staffing - 4
Average total ladder staffing - 4

Fire calls- 13,462
EMS calls - 81,895
Total calls - 106,179

Firefighter starting pay - $43,278 with Top pay $90,918
Paramedic pay - $46,278 with Top pay $93,918

AMBULANCE

A741 (all)4861
A742 (all)3809
A703 3389
A723 2928
A708 2893
A725 2871
A701 2851
A716 2590
A705 2566
A726 2543
A702 2522
A721 2461
A729 2410
A728 2287
A708B 2270
A724 2254
A712 2228
A709 1984
A725B 1931
A740 1900
A733 1857
A711 1324
A719 1089
A710 1058
A717 922
A715 90
A713 79
A714 27


MEDIC

M742 3677
M715 2830
M701 2767
M703 2744
M741 2708
M725 2608
M723 2508
M712 2284
M708 2122
M708B 2003
M729 1817
M731 1715
M704 1534
M713 1056
M730 997
M735 868
M714 508
M726 189


ENGINE

E708 3790
E703 3572
E725 2951
E723 2943
E716 2542
E701 2524
E729 2489
E721 2405
E728 2249
E715 2130
E706 2120
E731 2052
E718 2023
E712 1943
E719 1852
E724 1818
E726 1765
E720 1753
E705 1620
E707 1601
E733 1474
E702 1385
E710 1091
E717 998
E713 984
E740 975
E711 900
E735 876
E704 865
E730 840
RE709 434
E714 167
E727 1


Truck/Tower

AT708 & T 2815
AT703 & T 2074
T725 & AT 2006
T701 & AT 1973
AT723 & T 1931
T731 & AT 1481
AT729 & T 1461
T715 & AT 1341
T712 & AT 1231
T706 & AT 1199
AT718 & T 940
T710 & AT 802
AT719 & T 659
AT735 & T 433
T740 & AT 256
T716 & AT 148


STATION TOTALS

FS 8 Total 16429
FS 3 Total 13574
FS 25 Total 13014
FS 23 Total 10310
RS 2 Total 10231
FS 1 Total 10115
RS 1 Total 9792
FS 29 Total 9484
FS 12 Total 8308
FS 15 Total 7314
FS 31 Total 6010
FS 16 Total 5326
FS 21 Total 4866
FS 28 Total 4541
FS 26 Total 4503
FS 5 Total 4186
FS 24 Total 4072
FS 2 Total 3907
FS 6 Total 3827
FS 19 Total 3600
FS 33 Total 3364
FS 40 Total 3131
FS 18 Total 2963
FS 10 Total 2951
FS 4 Total 2759
FS 17 Total 2641
FS 9 Total 2486
FS 11 Total 2224
FS 35 Total 2177
FS 13 Total 2119
FS 30 Total 1858
FS 20 Total 1753
FS 7 Total 1704
FS 14 Total 1069
FS 27 Total 26