Richard Bonnett Battalion Fire Chief, EMS The Emergency Medical Services Division consists of a Battalion Chief and 6 EMS Captains. The Battalion Chief of EMS is assigned as part of the Fire Headquarters Staff and each airport has an EMS Captain assigned to each of the three 24 hour shifts.

Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) is located in Chantilly, VA and is twenty-six miles from downtown Washington, DC.

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is located in Arlington, Virginia, just across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. The Fire & EMS Department operates out of Fire Station 301 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Personnel provide a wide range of emergency services including aircraft rescue and firefighting, structural firefighting, emergency medical services-both basic and advanced life support, hazardous materials response, and river rescue.

The mission of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority’s Fire Marshal's Office is to prevent the inception of fire and hazardous conditions through timely and professional educational, enforcement, inspection, investigative and plans review efforts essential to the safety and wellbeing of all airport employees and the traveling public. 

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