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Hey, I was bored, had some time to kill...well, I guess I could have been studying for my EMT-B final written and practical exams coming up in less than a month...But instead I pulled up this satellite photo/map (from maps.google.com) of the area where my county's Fire Dept. HQ is located, and also the Police Dept. HQ, the Fire Dept. Training Academy, and some other stuff:
The location is Millersville, Maryland.
A: Anne Arundel County Fire Department Headquarters
B: Anne Arundel County Animal Control
C: Anne Arundel County Fire Department Training Academy (The dark-roofed building above the letter is the main building. The outside area around the letter is part of the training grounds. The row of small buildings along the southern edge include the "maze". The small dark roof just on the bottom-left edge of the letter "C" is the fire tower.)
D: I don't remember what anything in this area is, except that it's government or public-works related somehow.
E: Pretty sure this is a water treatment facility, or some other public works facility. (I know there's a water facility on this road, and it's either E or D, but I assume it's E because of the water tower across the street.)
F: (Across the street from A) Anne Arundel County Police Department Headquarters (The large dark-roofed building to the far left of this area is the main HQ building. I believe the smaller white-roofed building between the main HQ building and the letter is a crime lab and investigations building. One of the two buildings to the letter's right is the property/evidence section, and the other building might have something to do with maintenance. The PD-HQ is more of an administrative facility; police officers who work the streets are not based there. They are based at one of four District facilities around the county.)
Anne Arundel County actually has two separate 911 facilities. The police and fire call centers are separate from each other and staffed by different people. Most 911 facilities in the state (and I assume most of everywhere else) have one call center with people who handle calls for fire, police, or EMS. In AACo, when you call 911, the person who answers asks if you need police or fire, you answer and your call is routed to the appropriate facility. The call centers are located in their respective departments' main HQ building (so they're across the street from each other).
Note the street to the north of the areas I've just talked about, Headquarters Drive. Despite its name, as far as I'm aware it's an industrial/commercial park. I'm not aware of any governmental agencies being located there, although I suppose there could be some minor ancilliary offices there somewhere.
The location is Millersville, Maryland.
A: Anne Arundel County Fire Department Headquarters
B: Anne Arundel County Animal Control
C: Anne Arundel County Fire Department Training Academy (The dark-roofed building above the letter is the main building. The outside area around the letter is part of the training grounds. The row of small buildings along the southern edge include the "maze". The small dark roof just on the bottom-left edge of the letter "C" is the fire tower.)
D: I don't remember what anything in this area is, except that it's government or public-works related somehow.
E: Pretty sure this is a water treatment facility, or some other public works facility. (I know there's a water facility on this road, and it's either E or D, but I assume it's E because of the water tower across the street.)
F: (Across the street from A) Anne Arundel County Police Department Headquarters (The large dark-roofed building to the far left of this area is the main HQ building. I believe the smaller white-roofed building between the main HQ building and the letter is a crime lab and investigations building. One of the two buildings to the letter's right is the property/evidence section, and the other building might have something to do with maintenance. The PD-HQ is more of an administrative facility; police officers who work the streets are not based there. They are based at one of four District facilities around the county.)
Anne Arundel County actually has two separate 911 facilities. The police and fire call centers are separate from each other and staffed by different people. Most 911 facilities in the state (and I assume most of everywhere else) have one call center with people who handle calls for fire, police, or EMS. In AACo, when you call 911, the person who answers asks if you need police or fire, you answer and your call is routed to the appropriate facility. The call centers are located in their respective departments' main HQ building (so they're across the street from each other).
Note the street to the north of the areas I've just talked about, Headquarters Drive. Despite its name, as far as I'm aware it's an industrial/commercial park. I'm not aware of any governmental agencies being located there, although I suppose there could be some minor ancilliary offices there somewhere.
