Automated External Defibrillators (AED) help save lives everyday. Are you prepared?

DC Fire and EMS is currently hiring Firefighter/Paramedics, a Training Instructor, a Program Support Assistant within our Fleet Maintenance Division, and a Supervisory Government Information Specialist. 

"Young cadets Queen Anunay and Kishia Clemencia stood out in their class at the D.C. fire academy as being among the few women in a male-dominated field. Of the department’s 1,550 members at the time, 35 were women.Fast forward nearly three decades, and Anunay and Clemencia are the ones in charge."

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Connecting 911 callers with medical needs to the most appropriate health care. 

Once you have received CPR training, get alerted to sudden cardiac arrests in your immediate vicinity, so that you can start CPR in the critical lifesaving minutes before EMS teams arrive. DOWNLOAD the PulsePoint App to your smartphone.  

DCFEMS wants to train you to have “Hands on Hearts.” Sign up for “Hands on Hearts” to receive hands-only CPR and Automated External Defibrillator awareness.

Learn more about the progress FEMS is making in the area of EMS reform to ensure greater capacity and improve outcomes for our residents and visitors.