Fire and Ambulance Operations

MCESD No. 10 is a duly organized emergency services district, created to protect life and property from fire and to conserve natural and human resources. The District is funded by property taxes paid to it by its citizens (residential and commercial property owners) as well as sales taxes (effective October 1, 2014). MCESD No. 10 covers a one hundred sixty-four (164) square mile area in southwestern Montgomery County, and protects an estimated population of 138,000 people.

MCESD No. 10 is charged with providing firefighting facilities and suppression and rescue services to its citizens. As of January 1, 2022, the district is now the sole provider of these services utilizing full-time, part-time and volunteer personnel to deliver these services.

MCESD No. 10 does not operate an Ambulance Service, but responds with the Montgomery County Hospital District (MCHD) for Emergency Medical calls as medical first responders who initiate emergency medical treatment until the MCHD arrives on the scene. All full-time and part-time and some volunteer personnel are licensed Emergency Medical Technicians.

MCESD No. 10 does not provide Fire Code Enforcement in the district. Fire Inspections, Code Enforcement and Arson Investigations are provided by the Montgomery County Fire Marshal’s Office.