District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department

E28300

emergency medical services provider fire department government agency municipal agency

The District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is the municipal agency responsible for providing fire protection, emergency medical care, and rescue services throughout Washington, D.C.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department canonical	18
District of Columbia Fire Department	1
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department of the District of Columbia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T214643 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
Context triple: [2009 Red Line collision, emergencyResponseBy, District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department]

A. Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia is the primary law enforcement agency responsible for policing Washington, D.C., including its neighborhoods, major federal landmarks, and large-scale public events.
B. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department is the primary agency providing fire protection, emergency medical services, and rescue operations for Fairfax County, Virginia, one of the largest and most populous jurisdictions in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
C. Government of the District of Columbia
The Government of the District of Columbia is the municipal administration responsible for governing Washington, D.C., providing local services and implementing laws for the U.S. capital.
D. Fairfax County Police Department
The Fairfax County Police Department is the primary local law enforcement agency responsible for public safety and policing services in Fairfax County, Virginia.
E. United States Capitol Police
The United States Capitol Police is a federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the U.S. Capitol complex, its members, staff, and visitors, and for maintaining security and order on Capitol grounds.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
Target entity description: The District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is the municipal agency responsible for providing fire protection, emergency medical care, and rescue services throughout Washington, D.C.

A. Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia is the primary law enforcement agency responsible for policing Washington, D.C., including its neighborhoods, major federal landmarks, and large-scale public events.
B. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department is the primary agency providing fire protection, emergency medical services, and rescue operations for Fairfax County, Virginia, one of the largest and most populous jurisdictions in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
C. Government of the District of Columbia
The Government of the District of Columbia is the municipal administration responsible for governing Washington, D.C., providing local services and implementing laws for the U.S. capital.
D. Fairfax County Police Department
The Fairfax County Police Department is the primary local law enforcement agency responsible for public safety and policing services in Fairfax County, Virginia.
E. United States Capitol Police
The United States Capitol Police is a federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the U.S. Capitol complex, its members, staff, and visitors, and for maintaining security and order on Capitol grounds.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	emergency medical services provider ⓘ fire department ⓘ government agency ⓘ municipal agency ⓘ
collaboratesWith	District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency ⓘ Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia ⓘ neighboring county fire departments in Maryland ⓘ neighboring county fire departments in Virginia ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employs	emergency medical technicians ⓘ firefighters ⓘ paramedics ⓘ
governingBody	Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	DC FEMS ⓘ DCFEMS ⓘ
hasDuty	disaster response ⓘ emergency medical response ⓘ fire suppression ⓘ public safety ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
industry	emergency medical services ⓘ fire and rescue services ⓘ
jurisdiction	District of Columbia ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
operatesIn	urban area ⓘ
operatesWithin	Washington metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: National Capital Region
overseenBy	Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ
parentOrganization	Government of the District of Columbia ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia government
providesService	emergency medical services ⓘ fire protection ⓘ hazardous materials response ⓘ rescue services ⓘ technical rescue ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
serviceArea	District of Columbia ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
typeOfTransport	advanced life support unit ⓘ basic life support unit ⓘ ground ambulance ⓘ
uses	ambulances ⓘ fire engines ⓘ ladder trucks ⓘ rescue vehicles ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2009 Red Line collision → emergencyResponseBy → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

Government of the District of Columbia → hasAgency → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

Mayor of the District of Columbia → hasJurisdictionOver → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

District of Columbia Office of Unified Communications → coordinatesWith → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency → coordinatesWith → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

Harbor Patrol Unit → cooperatesWith → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

Air Support Unit → collaboratesWith → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

Petworth → fireService → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

West Wing fire of 1929 → requiredResponseFrom → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Columbia Fire Department

Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building → fireProtection → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

DC FEMS → fullName → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

DCFEMS → officialName → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice → coordinatesWith → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

HSEMA → coordinatesWith → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

District of Columbia public safety agencies → includesAgency → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

District of Columbia public safety agencies → primaryFireRescueAgency → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

District of Columbia health and human services system → hasPart → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department of the District of Columbia

Arlington County Fire Department → coordinatesWith → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

2009 Fort Totten crash → emergencyResponseBy → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C. → fireService → District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ

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