Community Assessment: Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service

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Last Updated: July 20, 2020, 7:42 a.m.

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Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective response force coverage is a beta feature of FireCARES that utilizes the NFPA 1710 standard for determining coverage and includes an estimated 3 minuntes for turnout time and alarm processing, leaving a total of 5 minutes drive time for low/medium/unknown hazard types and 7 minutes of drive time for high hazard types. Please contact us if you have questions.

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

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Fire Risk

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Fire Spread Risk

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Death and Injury Risk

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Low: less than 25% of departments have an equal or smaller risk value.

Medium: 25-75% of departments have a smaller risk value.

High: over 75% of departments have an equal or smaller risk value.

Summary

Department Type

Combination

NFPA Region

South

FDID

15555

State

Phone

(240) 777-2486

Fax

(240) 777-2443

IAFF

1664

Twitter

@mcfrs

Official Website

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

295,861 total structures protected

Estimations

Number of fires per year

Average since 2010

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Predicted

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Beyond room/floor

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Beyond structure

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Deaths & injuries per year

Average since 2010

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Predicted

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Description

The Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service fire department is a combination department located in the South NFPA region and headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

971,777

Protected Population

506.51mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

Annual structure fire counts for the Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service based on the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS).

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37 Stations

Station Name	Address
MCFRS Station 11 Glen Echo	5920 Massachusetts Avenue
MCFRS Station 12 Hillandale	10617 New Hampshire Avenue
MCFRS Station 13 Damascus	26334 Ridge Road
MCFRS Station 14 Upper Montgomery	19801 Beallsville Road
MCFRS Station 15 Burtonsville	13900 Old Columbia Pike
MCFRS Station 16 Silver Spring	111 University Boulevard East
MCFRS Station 17 Laytonsville	21400 Laytonsville Road
MCFRS Station 18 Kensington	12210 Georgia Avenue
MCFRS Station 19 Silver Spring	1945 Seminary Road
MCFRS Station 20 Bethesda	9041 Old Georgetown Road

FireCARES

Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service

Gaithersburg, MD, 20878

Weather Warning

Last Updated: July 20, 2020, 7:42 a.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

971,777

Protected Population

506.51mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

37 Stations

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