Category Archives: Incidents
2 Alarm House Fire in Rockville
Rockville, MD – 1230 hours on February 16th, 2010: Engine 710 and Tanker 730 responded to the house fire in Rockville Station 23’s first due at the 6100 block of Neilwood Drive. The fire was started because a contractor was melting ice off the roof with a torch. Tanker 730 was on the original [...]
River Rescue Team Pulls White Labrador from Frozen Maryland Pond
A Potomac man looked out his kitchen window Friday afternoon and saw an animal in a pond.At first “he thought it was an otter,” said Capt. Oscar Garcia, a spokesman for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.Looking more closely, the man saw that it was a big dog. He called [...]
CJPVFD supports the Montgomery County Firefighters Pipes and Drums
Beallsville, MD – The Montgomery County Firefighters Pipes and Drums hosted their first annual “Fall BBQ and Football Challenge” on Saturday, November 7th, from 11am-4pm at the Upper Montgomery County VFD. Proceeds from this fall fundraiser supported not only the band, but the National Fallen Firefighters Pipes and Drums, a coalition band consisting of the [...]
Cabin John Fire Engine Dedication
Bethesda, MD – On October, 19th 2009, Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department will be introducing our newest addition to the Cabin John apparatus family, Engine 710. Cabin John has proudly purchased this new fire engine in order to work seamlessly with the county-wide Compressed Air Foam Systems (CAFS). The new fire engine will be [...]
Open House 10/10/2009
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IL-495 Prior to Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD – Friday, September 4th, 2009, Engine 710, Truck 710, and Ambulance 710 responded to an accident on the Inner Loop of the Beltway at 3:00PM. The units on-scene worked swiftly to secure each patient and transport them to the hospital. The accident was deemed to be cause by driver negligence. This is an [...]
76th Street Auto Fire
Cabin John, MD – 1700 hrs on Tuesday February 24, 2007: the Cabin John Park Fire department responded for the car fire in the 7900 block of 76th street. Engine 710 arrived on scene with Ambulance 710 to find a car fully engulfed in fire. After further investigation, the fire was deemed to have been [...]
Skill and Serendipity Combine to Save the Day
It was just before eight o’clock on a weekday morning, two days before Christmas, when suddenly without warning the heavens opened onto River Road, or maybe it was Hell heaving skyward.
