MCFRS Timeline
| Year/ Description | Date | |
| 1988 | ||
| Recruit Class 1 started | 2/29/1988 | |
| Recruit Class 2 started |
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| Recruit Class 3 started | 11/28/1988 | |
| 1989 | ||
| Previously Trained Class 1 started | 7/10/1989 | |
| Previously Trained Class 2 started | 7/24/1989 | |
| Recruit Class 4 started | 8/14/1989 | |
| New Station 31 opened | 12/9/1989 | |
| 1990 | ||
| Recruit Class 5 started | 2/26/1990 | |
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Recruit Class 6 started |
8/27/1990 | |
| 1991 | ||
| Previously Trained Class 3 started | 8/5/1991 | |
| 1992 | ||
| Previously Trained Class 4 started | 6/15/1992 | |
| Recruit Class 7 started | 11/16/1992 | |
| 1993 | ||
| Recruit Class 8 started | 09/20/1993 | |
| 1994 | ||
| Recruit Class 9 started | 2/22/1994 | |
| 1995 | ||
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Recruit Class 10 started |
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| New Station 15 opened | 4/23/1995 | |
| 1996 | ||
| Title changes: Sergeant to Lieutenant, Lieutenant to Captain, Captain to District Chief | 6/19/1996 | |
| 1997 | ||
| Bill 37-97 created Fire Administrator | 1/1/1997 | |
| Recruit Class 11 started | 11/17/1997 | |
| 1998 | ||
| Recruit Class 12 started | 1/12/1998 | |
| Recruit Class 13 started | 8/17/1998 | |
| 1999 | ||
| Recruit Class 14 started | 2/8/1999 | |
| Recruit Class 15 started | 8/16/1999 | |
| Recruit Class 16 started | 11/29/1999 | |
| 2000 | ||
| Recruit Class 17 started | 2/14/2000 | |
| Recruit Class 18 started | 9/11/2000 | |
| 2001 | ||
| Recruit Class 19 started | 2/20/2001 | |
| Recruit Class 20 started | 9/4/2001 | |
| New Station 4 opened | 10/21/2001 | |
| 2002 | ||
| Recruit Class 21 started | 2/11/2002 | |
| Recruit Class 22 started | 9/3/2002 | |
| 2003 | ||
| ECC moved to Public Safety Communications Center | 7/1/2003 (est) | |
| Officer Candidate School # 1 | 10/24/2003 | |
| Title change: District Chief to Battalion Chief | 11/30/2003 | |
| 2004 | ||
| Recruit Class 23 started | 6/6/2004 | |
| SCBA shop opened at Grovemont Circle | 11/1/2004 | |
| Recruit Class 24 started | 12/13/2004 | |
| 2005 | ||
| Bill 36-03 effective | 1/1/2005 | |
| Fire Chief Thomas Carr | 1/1/2005 | |
| Recruit Class 25 started | 5/16/2005 | |
| A138 and A148 uncontrolled | 10/2/2005 | |
| Recruit Class 26 started | 10/17/2005 | |
| Safety Officer 24/7 | 11/13/2005 | |
| Station 35 opened with engine and medic unit | 11/20/2005 | |
| 2006 | ||
| Recruit Class 27 started | 1/30/2006 | |
| Recruit Class 28 started | 3/27/2006 | |
| EMS703 in service at Station 35 | 4/4/2006 | |
| AT35 placed in service | 4/30/2006 | |
| AT20 out of service | 5/10/2006 | |
| New Station 1 opened | 6/1/2006 | |
| Code Compliance moved to 255 Rockville Pike | 7/1/2006 | |
| Recruit Class 29 started | 10/9/2006 | |
| Flex units A86/A257 started | 10/15/2006 | |
| Quint 40 designated as Truck 40 | 10/29/2006 | |
| 2007 | ||
| Recruit Class 30 started | 3/19/2007 | |
| 1 + 1 medic units started | 5/16/2007 | |
| Recruit Class 31 started | 9/4/2007 | |
| Council of Government Unit Numbering (700 designations) | 10/15/2007 | |
| 2008 | ||
| Recruit Class 32 started | 3/17/2008 | |
| Mobile Ambulance Bus and Medical Care Support Unit 726 | 7/15/2008 | |
| Recruit Class 33 started | 9/2/2008 | |
| 2009 | ||
| Station 22 opened | 2/1/2009 | |
| Fire Chief Richard Bowers | 5/19/2009 | |
| Recruit Class 34 started | 9/29/2009 | |
| Central Maintenance Facility opened | 11/1/2009 | |
| 2010 | ||
| A709 out of service | 7/1/2010 | |
| T701 moved to T716 | 7/4/2010 | |
| Station 34 opened | 9/11/2010 | |
| 2011 | ||
| Fire station maintenance transferred to MCFRS | 7/11/2011 | |
| BC703 moved from FS31 to Grovemont Circle | 8/30/2011 | |
| EMS702 became EMS700 at Grovemont Circlt | 9/6/2011 | |
| 2012 | ||
| Recruit Class 35 started | 2/27/2012 | |
| Urban Search & Rescue moved to Dover Road | 4/1/2012 | |
| Recruit Class 36 started | 6/4/2012 | |
| 12 hour days at 5,17,R1 and R2 ended | 7/1/2012 | |
| MCFRS Headquarters moved from Executive Office Building to 100 Edison Park Drive | 8/1/2012 | |
| 2013 | ||
| EMS Transport Fee initiated | 1/1/2013 | |
| Recruit Class 37 started | 1/14/2013 | |
| Restoration of 2nd EMSDO EMS701 at 19, EMS703 at Grovemont | 7/14/2013 | |
| AT724 placed in service | 7/28/2013 | |
| Recruit Class 38 started | 7/29/2013 | |
| New Rescue 2 opened | 11/16/2013 | |
| Fire Chief Steven Lohr | 12/10/2013 | |
| 2014 | ||
| Duty Chief, BC703, EMS703 moved to FS32 | 2/25/2014 | |
| Station 32 opened | 2/27/2014 | |
| Recruit Class 39 started | 3/10/2014 | |
| Station 18-T (Grandview Ave) opened, Old Station 18 closed | 4/3/2014 | |
| Chase car pilot began (3,8,25,R2) | 4/20/2014 | |
| Chase car pilot end | 7/13/2014 | |
| Recruit Class 40 started | 9/18/2014 | |
| 2015 | ||
| Emergency Fire Dispatcher started at ECC | 5/11/2015 | |
| Fire Chief Scott Goldstein | 6/26/2015 | |
| 2016 | ||
| Division of Risk Reduction and Training renamed to Support Services | 1/1/2016 | |
| Reallignment of Divisions:Fleet to Support Services | 1/1/2016 | |
| Reallignment of Divisions:Training, Safety and Wellness to HR | 1/1/2016 | |
| Reallignment of Divisions:FEI to Operations | 1/1/2016 | |
| E740 became PE740 | 1/10/2016 | |
| Rescue 2 from 1 ambulance and 2 medic units to 2 ambulances and chase car | 1/24/2016 | |
| E705 became PE705 (daywork hours) | 1/24/2016 | |
| A715 controlled 24/7 | 7/10/2016 | |
| Code Compliance transferred to DPS | 7/10/2016 | |
| E726 became PE726 | 8/7/2016 | |
| Technical Operations moved from PSCC to Public Safety Logistics | 8/22/2016 | |
| New Station 18 opened | 10/21/2016 | |
| New Public Safety Training Academy opened | 11/14/2016 | |
| EMS701 moved from FS19 to FS18, designated EMS704 | 12/1/2016 | |
| Recruit Class 41 started | 12/12/2016 | |
| 2017 | ||
| Change to Motorola P1 CAD | 4/2/2017 | |
| A706 placed in service and staffed Mon-Fri 0700-1700 | 6/28/2017 | |
| M741 became ALS741 (daywork hours) | 6/28/2017 | |
| E710 became PE710 | 6/28/2017 | |
| E711 became PE711 | 6/28/2017 | |
| M704 became A704 | 6/28/2017 | |
| M730 became A730 | 6/28/2017 | |
| M735 became A735 | 6/28/2017 | |
| Recruit Class 42 started | 10/2/2017 | |
| Recruit Class 43 started | 12/11/2017 | |
| 2018 | ||
| ALS725 placed in service | 4/15/2018 | |
| M725 became A725B | 4/15/2018 | |
| E702 became PE702 | 4/15/2018 | |
| E720 became PE720 | 4/15/2018 | |
| BC704 moved from FS25 to FS18 during renovation | 5/4/2018 | |
| BC704 moved from FS25 to FS18 | 5/4/2018 | |
| RS715 staffed Mon-Fri 0700-1700 | 7/8/2018 | |
| Recruit class 44 started | 10/1/2018 | |
| Changed over to Workforce Telestaff | 10/23/2018 | |
| 2019 | ||
| Recruit class 45 started | 1/21/2019 | |
| EMS section became EMIHS section | 1/22/2019 | |
| Recruit class 46 started | 9/30/2019 | |
| Recruit class 47 started | 12/9/2019 | |
| 2020 | ||
| Covid surge plan started | 4/13/2020 | |
| Last (24th) Pierce engine placed in service | 5/8/2020 | |
| Covid surge plan ended | 6/11/2020 | |
| 2021 | ||
| Recruit class 48 started | 2/1/2021 | |
| P25 radio system in service | 3/4/2021 | |
| ALS708 in service, M708B became A708B | 7/4/2021 | |
| A725C in service (1000-2000 hours M-F) | 7/4/2021 | |
| A707 pilot project began (0700-2300 M-F 0800 weekends) | 7/4/2021 | |
| Recruit class 49 started | 9/13/2021 | |
| 2022 | ||
| Recruit class 50 started | 1/3/2022 | |
| BC704 moved back to 25 from 18 | 1/5/2022 |
Last Updated May 6, 2020