Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System
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The Loudoun County Combined Fire-Rescue System (LC-CFRS) is made up of the career Loudoun County Fire and Rescue (LCFR) and 16 volunteer organizations. LC-CFRS has the responsibility of protecting the citizens and property of the towns, villages, and suburbs of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, from fires and fire hazards, providing emergency medical services, and technical rescue response services, including Hazardous Materials mitigation, Mass Casualty Incident response services, environmental danger response services and more. The headquarters and training facilities of the department are in Leesburg, off Sycolin Road.[1]
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Operational area | |
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Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Loudoun |
Agency overview | |
Staffing | Career & Volunteer |
Fire chief | Keith Johnson |
EMS level | ALS/BLS |
IAFF | 3756 |
Motto | Teamwork.Integrity.Professionalism.Service. (TIPS) |
Facilities and equipment | |
Battalions | 3 |
Stations | 24 |
Engines | 33 |
Trucks | 6 |
Tillers | 2 |
Platforms | 4 |
Rescues | 5 |
Ambulances | 44 |
Tenders | 15 |
HAZMAT | 1 |
Light and air | 2 |
Website | |
Official website | |
IAFF website |
LC-CFRS, one of the largest fire departments in Virginia, has approximately 1,500 volunteer personnel and 500 career staff that make up its firefighters, emergency medical technicians (EMT), paramedics and other emergency responders.[2] LC-CFRS uses a combined system to help respond to a diverse population spread throughout a suburban and rural county. Units can respond to building types that range from wood-frame single-family homes to high-rise structures, bridges and tunnels, large parks and wooded areas that can give rise to major brush fires, as well as large stretches of forest and mountains, such as the Blue Ridge Mountains, in addition to metro and bus lines. LC-CFRS provides care for a very large and diverse area, responding from stations scattered strategically throughout the county.