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.
This is a hydraulic rescue tool used to free people trapped in auto collisions. In addition to the rescue equipment, rescue squads also carry much of the same fire suppression and forcible entry tools that a truck company does. On fire calls, the rescue squads function much like a truck company without an aerial ladder. Squads also respond on medical locals . To cancel a unit's response and to make it again available for calls.