The Bowling Green Volunteer Fire Department provides emergency service 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. When a major fire or other emergency occur greater than the resources available within the department, then additional help may be requested from neighboring fire departments. Similarly, the department provides aid to other nearby fire departments. When fire departments help each other in this manner, it is called Mutual Aid.
An organized system for fire departments to provide mutual aid and communicate with each other in times of need has been established. The system provides pre-established responses to various levels of need during different types of emergencies. It should be noted that, in addition to personnel and apparatus responding to the scene of the emergency, resources are sent to the stricken community's fire station to provide coverage within the community should additional incidents occur.
By joining forces, the combined resources provide the quickest response of manpower and equipment to incidents. We would like to thank all of our mutual aid fire departments for their continued support.
Bowling Green Volunteer Fire Department has Mutual Aid agreements with the following neighboring departments:
Bowman's Addition VFD Cumberland FD
Cresaptown VFD Shaft VFD
LaVale VFD District 16 VFD
LaVale Rescue Bedford Road VFD
Rawlings VFD Frostburg VFD
Ridgeley VFD
Bowling Green currently has the following agreements for its box alarms:
For Residental Fire Alarms in Box 8-1 (Bowling Green and Potomac Park Area)
Initial Dispatch:
E8 E9 SQ8 SQ9
Working Assignment:
E2 E11 and E47 transfers to 8 base
SQ2 A9
Second Alarm:
E47 to the scene E17 E16 and E5 transfers to 8 base
SQ3 A52 Air 14
Third Alarm:
E5 to the scene E6 and E25 transfers to 8 base
SQ16 A53
Fourth Alarm:
E25 to the scene E7 E23 and E12 transfers to 8 base
For Commercial Fire Alarms in Box 8-1
Initial Dispatch:
E8 E9 E11
SQ8 SQ9 TRK2
Working Assignment:
E47 E17 E16 and E5 transfers to 8 base
SQ2 A9
Second Alarm:
E5 to the scene E6 E25 and E7 transfers to 8 base
SQ3 TRK1 A52 Air 14
Third Alarm:
E7 to the scene E23 E12 and E18 transfers to 8 base
SQ18 TRK16 A53 U17
Fourth Alarm:
E18 to the scene E15 and E13 transfers to 8 base
SQ15
For Residential Fire Alarms in Box 8-2 (Hazmat Drive and WCI area)
Initial Dispatch:
E8 E9
SQ8 SQ9 T47
Working Assignment:
E2 E47 and E11 transfers to 8 base
SQ2 T3 T6 T14 A9
Second Alarm:
E11 to the scene E17 E16 and E5 transfers to 8 base
SQ3 T7 T12 T18 A52 Air 14
Third Alarm:
E5 to the scene E6 and E25 transfers to 8 base
SQ16 A53
Fourth Alarm:
E25 to the scene E7 E23 and E12 transfers to 8 base
For Commercial Fire Alarms in Box 8-2
Initial Dispatch:
E8 E9 E47
SQ8 SQ9 T47 TRK2
Working Assignment:
E11 E17 E16 and E5 transfers to 8 base
SQ2 T3 T6 T14 A9
Second Alarm:
E5 to the scene E6 E25 and E7 transfers to 8 base
SQ3 T7 T12 T18 TRK1 A52 Air 14
Third Alarm:
E7 to the scene E23 E12 and E18 transfers to 8 base
SQ18 TRK16 U17 A53
Fourth Alarm:
E18 to the scene E15 and E13 transfers to 8 base
SQ15
For Residential Fire Alarms in Box 8-3 (From Milnor Ave to the City limits)
Initial Dispatch:
E8 E9
SQ8 SQ9 T47
Working Assignment:
E2 E11 and E47 transfers to 8 base
SQ2 T3 T6 T14 A9
Second Alarm:
E47 to the scene E17 E16 and E5 transfers to 8 base
SQ3 T7 T12 T18 A52 Air 14
Third Alarm:
E5 to the scene E6 and E25 transfers to 8 base
SQ16 A53
Fourth Alarm:
E25 to the scene E7 E23 and E12 transfers to 8 base
For Commercial Fire Alarms in Box 8-3
Initial Dispatch:
E8 E9 E11
SQ8 SQ9 T47 TRK2
Working Assignment:
E47 E17 E16 and E5 transfers to 8 base
SQ2 T3 T6 T14 A9
Second Alarm:
E5 to the scene E6 E25 and E7 transfers to 8 base
SQ3 T7 T12 T18 TRK1 A52 Air 14
Third Alarm:
E7 to the scene E23 E12 and E18 transfers to 8 base
SQ18 TRK16 U17 A53
Fourth Alarm:
E18 to the scene E15 and E13 transfers to 8 base
SQ15