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Baltimore City Fire Department

Agency overview
Established	December 10, 1858 {origins go back to 1763}
Employees	1,800
Staffing	Career
Motto	"Pride Protecting People"

The ‘’’Baltimore City Fire Department (BCFD) has the responsibility for protecting the citizens and property of Baltimore, Maryland from fires and fire hazards, providing emergency medical services, technical rescue as well as providing first response to biological, chemical and radioactive hazards. The department has its headquarters in (where) >

Apparatus

Types of Apparatus

• ENGINE is the basic firefighting apparatus. Its main job is to put water on the fire. It is responsible for securing a water supply from a hydrant or some other form and for suppressing the fire.
• TRUCK (also called a Ladder or Tower) is a piece of fire apparatus that's main responsibilities include Search and Rescue of the fire and fire victims, Ventilation, Salvage and Overhaul.
• BATTALION is a command vehicle tasked with the responsibility of delivering a Battalion Chief to the fire scene. Once on the fire scene, the vehicle then takes on the role of a Command Vehicle, utilizing its radios and MDT equipment.
• DIVISION is a command vehicle tasked with the responsibility of delivering a Division Chief to the fire scene. Once on the fire scene, the vehicle then takes on the role of a Command Vehicle, utilizing its radios and MDT equipment.
• SQUAD is a company that responds in an engine with extra tools to assist in other fireground responsibilities such as vehicle extrication and special rescues.
• RESCUE is considered the most elite company within the FDNY community. Its main responsibilities include search and rescue, special rescues, technical rescues, confined space rescues, and high angle rescues. Firefighters assigned to one of the city's five rescue units gets paid 12 percent more than a firefighter assigned to anyother unit in the department.
• MARINE or Fireboat is a specialized boat outfitted specifically for firefighting capabilities. Its responsibilities include suppression of all fires that occur on water, such as boat fires, pier fires, etc. A Marine Unit also assists land based companies with securing a water supply, as they have the ability to "draft" water from the rivers they operate in.
• HAZ-MAT vehicle is a vehicle that has been outfitted with special equipment to allow for the confinement, containment, suppression, and/or any other problem involving hazardous materials.
• MASK SERVICE UNIT is a vehicle that is equipped with an SCBA replenishing system. In other words, these vehicles have the ability to re-fill the air bottles used by firefighters to breathe in a fire.
• RAC or Recuperation and Care vehicle is specially outfitted with equipment that will enable it to provide rehabilitation to firefighters on a fireground.
• FIELD COMMUNICATIONS UNIT is a vehicle that is specially equipped with communication equipment such as telephones, broadband internet, and mobile radios. Its main responsibility is to provide communication support to the on scene Incident Commander.
• TACTICAL SUPPORT UNIT (or TSU) is essentially a driveable toolbox. It is equipped with an abundance of specialized equipment that is used by firefighters to accomplish rare occurring emergencies and situations.
• THAWING UNIT is exactly what the name says. Because most of the biggest and worst fires occur during the coldest days of winter, hoses and equipment often freeze over. The Thawing Apparatus is a mobile utility van with a portable steam-generating boiler; it's super-heated steam melts the ice off the hoses, ladders and tower ladders.
• BRUSH FIRE UNIT is a four-wheel-drive, all-terrain vehicle used to reach hilly, remote and marshy areas to extinguish fires involving weeds, grass and other vegetation. Along with regular firefighting equipment, it carries its own water, as well as rakes, shovels, and backpack extinguishers.
• AMBULANCE The New York City Fire Department staffs EMT-Basic and Paramedic Ambulances to provide emergency medical services to the city of New York.
• HAZ-TEC AMBULANCE 35 EMS units, known as the Hazardous Material Tactical Units (Haz-Tac Ambulances), are trained to the Haz Mat Technician level allowing them to provide emergency medical care and decontamination in a hazardous environment, in addition to their normal 911 duties.
• RESCUE MEDIC is an ALS, or Paramedic ambulance whose crew is trained as Rescue Technicians.
• EMS COMMAND is a vehicle that is assigned to an Emergency Medical Service supervisor. An Emergency Medical Service supervisor oversees ambulances within his or her assigned area.

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