Fire/Rescue Chief Richie Bowers, the Division of Operations
Division Chief is responsible for the personnel management and
immediate direction of those uniformed DFRS personnel who are
assigned to the 33 fire and rescue stations within the County.
This Division is the largest work unit within the DFRS with the
majority of the Operations Division personnel working a 24/48-hour
shift and the other personnel 40 hour daywork. Also within the
Division of Operations is the:
Emergency Communications Center
Objectives
of the Division of Operations
- To ensure compliance with the departments policy and procedures
- To improve safety and efficiency on the incident scene
- To improve communications within the bureau of operations
and with other Fire/Rescue & EMS personnel
- To build a stronger team within the division
Within the Division of Operations is the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) section.
The EMS Section serves to coordinate the provision of emergency
medical services throughout the County. Working closely with the
19 fire and rescue corporations, the Fire and Rescue Commission,
and the County Medical Society, the EMS Section is responsible
for such activities as:
The Emergency
Communications Center is responsible for the effective performance
of all emergency communications relating to a fire, rescue, or
emergency medical incidents. From its Communications Center work
site, the Communications Section is the primary link between a
citizen, who reports an emergency, and the fire and rescue personnel
and equipment, who respond to an incident scene. The Communications
Section dispatches all emergency fire and rescue resources in
Montgomery County. It also participates in data processing activities
for the fire and rescue services and serves as the focal point
for other regional governments during mutual emergency operations.
In addition to the duties identified
above, other Division of Operations assigned DFRS senior officers
perform additional collateral duties. A listing of these duties
include:
- Accident Incident Review
- Command Officer Scheduling
- Computer Applications
- Deputy Safety Officers
- District Training Coordinators
- Document Control Officers
- Field Office Supplies
- Fire Prevention
- Injury Prevention/Public Education
- Learn Not To Burn (field)
- Legislative Review
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- METRO Liaison
- Periodic Physicals
- Potomac River
Interagency Operations
- SARA/Right To Know
- Special Team Leaders -
CRT/USAR, HAZ MAT,
RRATT
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