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Agency overview[1] | |
Established | July 1, 1804 |
Annual calls | ~212,459 (2019) |
Employees | 2,153 (2019) |
Annual budget | $258,502,000 (2019) |
Staffing | Career |
Fire chief | John A. Donnelly, Sr. |
Mayor of Washington, DC | Muriel Bowser |
EMS level | Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) |
IAFF | 36 |
Facilities and equipment[2] | |
Battalions | 9 |
Stations | 34 |
Engines | 33 |
Tillers | 15 |
Platforms | 1 |
Rescues | 3 |
Ambulances | 43 |
HAZMAT | 2 |
USAR | 1 |
Airport crash | 1 |
Wildland | 1 |
Fireboats | 4 |
Light and air | 2 |
Website | |
Official website | |
IAFF website |
The District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (also known as DC FEMS, FEMS, DCFD, DC Fire, or DC Fire & EMS), established July 1, 1804,[3] provides fire protection and emergency medical service for the District of Columbia, in the United States. An organ of the devolved district government, Fire & EMS is responsible for providing fire suppression, ambulance service and hazardous materials containment for the federal district.[4]