Learn about the 10-year plan started in 2001 and the accomplishments MCFR has made in that time.

The eight-member Fire Advisory Board consists is appointed by the Marion County Board of County commissioners to work liaisons between Marion County commissioners and citizens with regards to fire rescue and EMS services.

Through the Marion County Firefighter Benevolence Fund, members of the Professional Firefighters of Marion County Local 3169 work together to positively impact the community through a variety of charitable endeavors.

Review the history of EMS operations in Marion County and learn more about the services available.

Marion County Fire Rescue inspectors have identified and tagged more than 4,000 fire hydrants throughout Marion County. They also routinely update hydrant information and provide it to dispatchers and firefighters so crews can locate the closest fire hydrants during fire emergencies.

Find out how the MCFR is funded and how non-ad valorem taxes make up part of the department’s budget.

HazMat technicians identify biological, nuclear, incendiary, chemical and explosive materials. Discover more about the HazMat team and how they serve the Marion County community.

Statutes require that any building with a lightweight truss display a special symbol to help emergency responders.

Get an overview of the MCFR staff structure.

As part of their effort to serve and protect the community, MCFR offers a number of programs and partnerships with the community to better educate about safety and build leadership skills.

Learn more about MCFR’s 31 fire stations and 177 firefighting and emergency medical vehicles.

Find the most conveniently-located MCFR station with this interactive station map.

MCFR's Technical Rescue Team has the manpower and equipment capabilities to conduct a variety of rescue operations including cave, confined space, wilderness, and other types of rescues.

Most of MCFR's volunteer firefighters work other jobs, are retired professionals or are self-employed. Learn more about MCFR’s volunteer firefighters.

MCFR has 31 fire stations, 25 of these are staffed 24/7/365 with career firefighters. The remaining six stations are supported by volunteers. Each of these locations houses at least 1 of MCFR's 177 firefighting & emergency medical vehicles.

In fact, in July of 2013 Marion County Fire Rescue enhanced its firefighting capabilities with two engines that feature 78-foot ladders and serve as powerful tools used to combat blazes in big-box commercial buildings & structures with large set-backs. The trucks have the water-carrying & firefighting ability of pumpers, contain more wall space and compartment storage & provide extra reach and high water-flow. Both vehicles were manufactured locally by E-ONE.

These trucks are located at MCFR Friendship Station 21 (State Road 200 Corridor area), & MCFR Spruce Creek Station 30 (south-central Marion County). Previously, Engine 17 at MCFR Silver Springs Shores Station 17 was the department’s only ladder truck.  

This fleet addition helps meet MCFR’s goal of strategically placing ladder trucks throughout the county to positively impact ISO assessments, which affect homeowners’ insurance premiums & residents’ ability to gain coverage.

 In 2001, MCFR implemented a capital replacement program which budgets to maintain & replace equipment on an annual basis. The addition of the new trucks will allow two older fire engines to be phased out of MCFR’s fleet of 177 firefighting & emergency medical vehicles. Moreover, all MCFR engines are equipped to administer Advanced Life Support & can execute the same level of medical care as an ambulance, with the exception of transporting patients. This is why residents often see a fire engine respond to medical emergencies with ambulances. 

The MCFR has more than 500 full-time state certified firefighter/paramedics, firefighter/EMTs, EMTs, & paramedics who serve more than 300,000 citizens, cover more than 1,600 square miles (which is larger than the state of Rhode Island), & respond to an average of 170 emergencies a day.