Charlotte County Fire & EMS is a full-service career department that provides fire suppression and rescue operations and pre-hospital emergency medical care and transport. Specialty units within our department include special operations (HAZMAT and technical rescue), marine operations, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) and SWAT Medics. Charlotte County Fire & EMS operates from 18 stations across the 693 square miles of the county, which has a population of nearly 200,000 residents.