Roanoke City Rank Structure
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Fire Chief
Deputy Chief
Assistant Chief
Battalion Chief -Roanoke City has 2 battalions, north and south, and 3 shifts A,B,C
Captains – ride the seat of the Engines*
1st Lieutenants – Ride the seat of the Ladder trucks
Lieutenants – Drive the apparatus (Engines and Ladders)
Firefighers – all firefighters are also EMT’s, Cardiac Tech’s, or Paramedics
* A captain rides the seat of Ladder 1, and 1st Lt.’s ride the seat of Engine 10.
These are the Unit Assignments:
Battalion Chief 1 is stationed at station 1
Battalion Chief 2 is stationed at station 2
Ladder 1 – has 2 drivers because it is a tiller truck
Captain
Lt.
Lt.
FF/EMT
FF/EMT
Engine 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,13,14
Captain
Lt.
FF/EMT
FF/EMT
Engine 10
1st Lt.
Lt.
FF/EMT
FF/EMT
Ladder 2,7,13
1st Lt.
Lt.
FF/EMT
FF/EMT
Medic 2,3,4,6,9,10
FF/PM
FF/PM
ARFF – located at Roanoke Regional Airport and housed in Station 10
Battalion Chief over ARFF
AR-3
Captain
Lt.
AR-3
Lt.
County Station 7 (Clearbrook) is a joined station between the City and the County and houses a paid engine and paid medic truck.
County Wagon 7
Captain (County)
Lt. (City)
FF (City)
FF (County)
County Medic 71
FF/PM (County)
FF/PM (County)
RS-1 is a Captain in charge of EMS and is stationed at station 1. There is 1 per shift.
Fire Marshall – we have one Fire Marshall who is a Captain.
Our Training division consists of:
Battalion Chief
Captain
1st Lt.
Lt.
1 EMS trainer (civilian position)