Prince Georges County Fire Department (PGFD) and Montgomery County Fire & Rescue (MCFRS) were alerted for the house fire on Broad Blvd. in Beltsville, MD on Friday morning. Firefighters arrived to find smoke and fire showing from a bedroom window(s) of a one-story SFH. Occupants of the house escaped after being alerted by smoke alarms, and firefighters rescued two dogs that had become lethargic and disoriented inside the home due to the smoke. The dogs were given oxygen and recovered quickly from smoke inhalation. Companies from Burtonsville, Calverton, Berwyn Heights, and Laurel were on the scene and worked hard to knock this fire down quickly.
At approx. 22:00 hours on June 23, Frederick County Fire & Rescue was toned out for a multi-family structure with smoke showing at Farmgate Ct. Upon arrival firefighters encountered heavy fire from the basement with extension through half of the duplex. A second alarm was sounded for rapid intervention and manpower. Two special alarms brought the canteen unit, air unit, and Rescue Squad 20 for air supply. The fire was brought under control and an extensive overhaul was performed with the scene packing up after approx. 24:00 hours.
At approximately 1100 hours on June 20, 2014, Montgomery County Fire & Rescue first battalion units were alerted to the house fire on Dunoon Road just off of New Hampshire Ave. in the community of Hillandale. Rescue Squad 2, Rescue Squad 715, Trucks 716 and 719, Engines 716, 724, Reserve Engine 3, Prince Georges County Engine 841 (Calverton) and additional units responded, arriving to find smoke showing from the roof of a ranch style house.
Firefighters had the fire confined to an attic space and knocked quickly. By the time I arrived they had started the overhaul process. Battalion Chief 701 had command.
Montgomery County Fire & Rescue was alerted to the building fire at the Bethesda Country Day School at approximately 11:30 a.m. Thursday morning. The school is nestled in a neighborhood just adjacent to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The small fire was contained to a water heater in the basement. Firefighters knocked the fire quickly and performed ventilation while the school was evacuated. No injuries were reported.
Tower 751 from the NIH Fire Department was on the scene along with Truck 706, Rescue Squad 741 (RS1) and Engine 726. BC 702 had command.
The fire was knocked quickly. I arrived after overhaul had completed and found Chillum-Adelphi’s Engine 341 as the last remaining piece on the scene. Engine 341 is a unique apparatus, a 1991 Grumman FireCat. It’s served Chillum for over 20 years and at hundreds of working fires.
Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Services responded to a power outage with wires down yesterday morning in Chevy Chase. The incident area was cordoned off due to the live wires arcing & catching fire. I took these apparatus shots of Truck 706 and Engine 706 staging outside of the hot zone. As you can see the tillered trucks have to navigate some narrow and winding streets here in Chevy Chase Village and the surrounding neighborhoods.
Frederick County Fire & Rescue battled an early morning 2-alarm fire at the Dairy Maid warehouse on East 7th St. in downtown Frederick, MD. The fire started due to a malfunction in a compressor and spread to the warehouse roof. Firefighters quickly had the fire under control and continued to perform overhaul on the scene for a few hours. I arrived during the overhaul phase.
Companies on scene included United #3, Citizens Truck #4, Independent #1, Junior #2, Braddock Heights, Brunswick, and Emmitsburg. The full dispatch of both alarms is here via the dispatch provided by Frederick Scanner:
COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE / FIRE-VISIBLE 259 E SEVENTH ST FRE1: @DAIRY MAID DAIRY MAP: 4566F3 Disp: A29,BAT900,E22,E501,RE11,SFT900,E31,E311,ET114,RS2,TR41,TWR1,BAT1,E23,A28,E12,SFT901,E502,C2-1,C3,BAT902,RS3
ADDITIONAL ALARM / FIRE / 2ND_ALRM_URBAN 259 E SEVENTH ST FRE1: @DAIRY MAID DAIRY MAP: 4566F3 Disp: E331,E122,ET224,E72,E161,A29,A18,RE11,TR5,WCTR6,BAT900,SFT900,W2
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I arrived during the overhaul phase. The rest of my photos can be viewed via my Flickr account here:
