The La Plata Volunteer Fire Department regrets to announce the passing of Past Fire Chief John Matthews, ID #1. Chief Matthews is a legend within our department and exemplified fire service leadership; the camaraderie he built and encouraged within the station is unsurpassable (those talks around the kitchen table, hanging out on the front...
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The Bay District Volunteer Fire Department along with visiting departments will be conducting a training burn on Saturday, May 9th on Three Notch Road in California, between San Souci Plaza and the new Ford dealership near Mercedes Drive in California. Firefighters will be conducting training scenarios in two residences donated to the department, and...
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On Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at approximately 1:55 p.m., firefighters from Bay District responded to the Petsmart on Alton Lane and Old Rolling Road in California, for the reported vehicle fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a vehicle with fire showing from the engine compartment. Firefighters extinguished the fire in under 10...
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On Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at approximately 6:45 a.m., firefighters from NAS Webster Field and Ridge responded to 49245 Demko Road in Lexington Park, for the reported vehicle fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a Chevrolet pickup truck in a driveway with the cab fully involved with fire. Firefighters extinguished the fire...
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On Thursday, May 7, 2020, at approximately 10:15 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and First Colony Boulevard in California, for the reported single vehicle overturned on its side, with one subject trapped and unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to confirm a single vehicle on...
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On Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at approximately 11:05 p.m., fire and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Mt Wolf Road and Three Notch Road in Charlotte Hall, for the motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian struck with the victim unconscious. A Trooper from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack was travelling Southbound on...
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Calvert County has established a decontamination site for police, fire, paramedic and emergency medical services (EMS) and other county vehicles. The vehicle decontamination site, which began operating April 21, is part of ongoing efforts to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission by providing clean, safe transport for first responders and the public. The site,...
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On Sunday, May 3, 2020, at approximately 1:10 a.m., Engine 11 with five personnel were enroute back to their firehouse after responding to a residential fire alarm in Bushwood, when they came across an overturned vehicle off the roadway and on fire, in the area of Budds Creek Road and Big Chestnut Road in...
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On Sunday, May 3, 2020, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21600 block of North Essex Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported armed home invasion with shots fire, with Detective Trevor Teague initiating the investigation. The victim advised that Dewayne McClain Milburn Jr., 20 of California, entered the basement of...
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Maryland State Police are still seeking public assistance as the investigations continue into two separate hit-and-run crashes that claimed the lives of two pedestrians in Prince George’s County. The first fatal hit-and-run crash occurred between 3 and 5:30 a.m. on Feb. 29, 2020 along the inner loop of I-495 near the ramp to northbound...
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On Saturday, May 2, 2020, at approximately 8:35 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the 40400 block of Waterview Drive in Mechanicsville, for the reported double overdose, with one subject possibly not breathing. Dispatchers advised police were already enroute to the residence for a routine check the welfare after a 911 hangup,...
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Governor Larry Hogan today provided an update on the State of Maryland’s supply of personal protective equipment, and announced that the state has launched the Maryland Manufacturing Network Supplier Portal, an online platform that helps connect Maryland suppliers with buyers in need of critical resources. PPE Update. Increasing Maryland’s supply of PPE is one...
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Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department has been anxiously awaiting their new apparatus Brush 7, which is going through the final inspections, and will hopefully be in Hollywood and in service in the next coming weeks! Last week members of the Apparatus Committee took part in a Virtual Final Inspection of the new Brush 7. This...
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UPDATE: May 5, 2020, at 2:10 p.m., Police have the subject in custody, no injuries being reported with all rescue personnel returning to service. On May 5, 2020, at approximately 1:00 p.m., deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, and troopers from the Maryland State Police responded to the reported armed suicidal subject,...
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On May 2, 2020 at approximately 1:10 p.m. officers responded to Oakdale Circle in Millersville, for an assault. Witnesses reported a male was speeding through the neighborhood in a blue Chevy Silverado. When a homeowner attempted to get the driver to slow down, the driver displayed a shotgun and racked it. The vehicle then...
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Deputy State Fire Marshals charged a Charles County man yesterday after determining he was responsible for intentionally setting fire to a family-owned, single-family dwelling. The home was co-owned by the suspect, Paul Sherwood Swann, age 55, and his brother Wardell Swann. On April 24, 2020, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded...
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On Saturday, May 2, 2020, at approximately 11:30 a.m., fire and rescue personnel responded to the 45300 block of Scotch Neck Road and Daniels Road in Hollywood, for the injuries after a long fall down an embankment. Dispatchers then advised the victim, an 83-year-old male was on a riding lawnmower when the victim and...
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On Sunday, May 3, 2020, at approximately 9:00 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the 45700 block of Guenther Drive in Great Mills, for the reported overdose with one not breathing. Dispatchers advised the 911 caller reported the patient overdosed, then called back stating the patient was not breathing and turning blue...
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On Monday, May 4, 2020, at approximately 11:35 a.m., firefighters responded to the 7200 block of Joplin Street in Capitol Heights, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 2-story duplex with fire showing from the front and rear of the residence. Prince George County Fire Officials reported the...
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On Saturday, May 2, 2020, at approximately 11:00 a.m., police responded to the 23500 block of Mervell Dean Road in Hollywood, for the reported domestic assault. Officers arrived on the scene to find Anthony John Knittel assaulted family members and left the scene prior to the arrival of police, and was described as wearing...
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UPDATE: On May 3, 2020, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 20900 block of Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, for the reported single vehicle collision. Upon arrival deputies located a vehicle off the roadway with three injured occupants. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Collision Reconstruction Unit responded...
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On Sunday, May 3, 2020, police and firefighters responded to the UM Charles Regional Medical Center in La Plata, for the confined space animal rescue. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find a kitten trapped in the spillway at the hospital. La Plata Volunteer Fire Department and Confined Space Team from Potomac Heights Volunteer...
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On Saturday, May 2, 2020, at approximately 7:00 p.m., more than 40 firefighters from Mechanicsville, Hollywood, Leonardtown, Seventh District and Charles County responded to the 27800 block of Mechanicsville Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported barn on fire. Dispatchers advised all responding units the 911 center received multiple calls stating they heard an explosion...
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On Saturday, May 2, 2020, between 10:30 a.m., and 12:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel will be escorting Marcus Paxton on his “Coming Home” ride from Baltimore City, traveling South through Anne Arundel County, into Prince George’s County, into Charles County, into Calvert County, and into St Mary’s County, ending at Bay District...
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On Wednesday, April 29th, at approximately 9:20 p.m., patrol officers were called to the area of Brandywine Road and Lee Acres Drive in Brandywine, for the report of a single-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. The victim is 39-year-old Dempsey Herring Jr., of Waldorf. The preliminary investigation revealed Herring was traveling southbound on Brandywine Road...
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