Assistant
Chief Mo Witt, Special Operations Section, provided a live update around 3 PM
today highlighting plans that MCFRS will be implementing for the impending snow
storm. Please see the video below.
Beginning
tomorrow morning, January 22, at 7 AM the following operational adjustments
will occur:
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Medical Ambulance Bus (MAB)726 (Bethesda) & MAB722 (Germantown/Kingsview) will
be staffed.
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Additional personnel will be assigned to various emergency response units (including
engine, trucks, squads, EMS units, aerial towers) throughout the County.
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Battalion Chief’s will have an assigned driver.
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A 2nd Safety Officer will be on-duty.
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Emergency Communications Center (911 call center) will have additional staff on
duty.
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Five Department of Highway Services plows will be deployed at several fire
stations, strategically located, with Firefighter’s assigned to each unit.
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Life Safety Task Force (Plow, Pepco, & 2 Sheriffs) at a central location
with one Firefighter per unit.
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Light plows/4-wheel drive utility vehicles will be placed in service at eight strategically
located fire stations.
