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Fire Rescue Operations

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Fiscal Year 2008-2009

Career Firefighters                 473

Volunteer Firefighters              65

Career Fire Stations                22

All-Volunteer Stations               7

Marion County Fire Rescue is the second largest fire department north of Orlando with 22 full-time fire stations, seven volunteer fire stations and more than 600 employees, including line personnel and staff. MCFR's full-time dual-certified firefighters are also either emergency medical technicians (EMTs) or paramedics and serve more than 320,000 citizens, cover 1,600 square miles (which is larger than the state of Rhode Island) and respond to an average of 170 emergencies a day. MCFR also added ambulance transport to its growing mission on October 1, 2008.

Busiest Fire Stations:
Friendship Station 21	5,356
Belleview Station 18	3,895
Silver Springs Shores Station 17	2,906
The Villages of Marion Station 10	2,237
Anthony Station 1	2,145

These fire rescue professionals have the skills and equipment to respond to structure, brush and vehicle fires; medical emergencies involving cardiac arrest, respiratory distress and trauma; vehicle accidents requiring extrication; hazardous materials incidents; natural disasters and many other emergencies. They also provide emergency medical and inter-facility ambulance transport.

When not responding to 9-1-1 calls, MCFR crews train for worst case scenarios and give back to the community by supporting charitable projects. MCFR employees host toy and clothing drives during the holidays, participate in Operation Stuff the Bus for homeless children and raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and United Way of Marion County.

9-1-1 Call Data

Type of Emergency	Fiscal Year 2000-2001	Fiscal Year 2001-2002	Fiscal Year 2002-2003	Fiscal Year 2003-2004	Fiscal Year 2004-2005	Fiscal Year 2005-2006	Fiscal Year 2006-2007	Fiscal Year 2008-2009
Medical Emergencies	17,897	20,549	20,288	22,709	23,105	23,727	24,492	25,519
Motor Vehicle Accidents	2,731	2,983	3,535	3,513	3,653	3,598	3,344	2,919
Vehicle Fires	395	419	393	388	394	382	313	310
Structure Fires	648	627	664	815	778	603	587	547
Wildfires and Grass Fires	2142	1,527	1,297	1,790	1,587	2,391	2,341	1,947
Alarms	447	499	385	398	382	440	514	544
Other Emergencies	936	1,024	1,045	1,461	1,107	1,214	1,278	1,568
Total	25,196	27,628	27,607	31,074	31,006	32,355	32,869	33,354

Statistics are calculated using fiscal years which start October 1 and end September 30.