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Home> Member Information > Are We Volunteers? Are We Volunteers?Everyday medical emergencies, fires and the accidental release of hazardous materials threaten the life and welfare of Fairfax County’s citizens. The 1,200 members of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department respond to these emergencies. We are employed by Fairfax County to protect its million-plus citizens from heart attacks, auto wrecks, house fires and bio-chemical agents. We are not volunteers. We are professionals. When you call 911 you will always get a crew of firefighters who are also trained EMTs and HAZMAT first responders. Do not be confused by fire engines or ambulances that read ‘volunteer’. These rigs are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week by the men and women of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. Your taxes pay for the fuel these fire engines run on and take care of the upkeep on the ambulances. They also fund our training. The various volunteer organizations within this county provide some occasional supplemental staffing and utilize bingo money and citizen donations to help buy some of our equipment. This is not a rural county where volunteer firefighters respond from home to go to a house fire. This is a metropolitan suburb of Washington D.C., with a call volume that precludes an all volunteer workforce. We ask you to tour your local fire stations and see for yourself
who answers your emergency calls. Bring your children and your
questions. We’ll be there, 24 hours a day seven days a
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