Urbana Volunteer Fire & Rescue traces its roots to December of 1973 when the Urbana Volunteer Fire Department and Urbana Volunteer Rescue Squad were chartered. The first apparatus were two donated ambulances, a Cadillac from the 5th District Volunteer Fire Department of Clarksville, Md., and a Chevrolet from the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department. After placing these ambulances in service in June of 1975, the department responded to 71 alarms by years end. In the year 2003 a new 12,000-square-foot, two story station addition was designed, constructed and completed by 2004. Two additional apparatus bays were added to hold its advanced life support unit and aerial ladder truck. Urbana Volunteer Fire & Rescue is located in Frederick, Md.