For example, the assignment for a vehicle collision is one ambulance , one engine , and one rescue squad . BLS providers provide first-aid, basic drugs, defibrillation, and other medical and trauma interventions. Its current use is to fight small fires or to access fires in garages, where an engine typically cannot access. CODE - Cardiac arrest with CPR and defibrillation. Centralized 911 and communications facility in Rockville, from where all calls are dispatched.
Engines also respond as manpower or medical local responses.
Explosives technicians respond to examine and disrupt suspicious packages and other possibly explosive devices. Based out of Chevy-Chase Station 7, the Hazardous Materials Team responds for cases of uncontrolled hazardous materials throughout the county. UNIT - An ambulance which carries ALS personnel and equipment. Priority 1 is critical, Priority 2 is serious, Priority 3 is stable. Squads carry many specialized tools for rescue and fire suppression.