The Fire Department's Emergency Medical Services Division responds to emergency calls involving injury or illness. More than 70 percent of calls received by the Fire Department are medical calls. Medic units (often called ambulances) are housed in fire stations alongside fire apparatus, and all career and many volunteer personnel are trained in both EMS and fire suppression. The Department operates 31 career advanced life support medic units; the Baltimore County Volunteer Firemen's Association operates 17 medic units. All career fire apparatus are equipped with automatic external defibrillators, used to treat sudden cardiac arrest victims. Eight EMS district officers supervise daily EMS operations. EMS Director Kyrle Preis III, 410-887-4860 or kpreis@baltimorecountymd.gov, supervises Baltimore County's EMS operations. Revised February 25, 2009 | 
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