Fire & Rescue

Serious Crash in La Plata Sends Two to Trauma Center, Police Investigating

Serious Crash in La Plata Sends Two to Trauma Center, Police Investigating

On Saturday, October 4, 2025, at approximately 4:16 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of 6985 Mason Springs Road in La Plata, for the serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment and a vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway, into a...
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La Plata Nursing Home Resident Transported to Hospital After Causing Fire

La Plata Nursing Home Resident Transported to Hospital After Causing Fire

On Saturday, October 4, 2025, at approximately 12:24 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the Complete Care Nursing Facility located at 1 Magnolia Drive in La Plata, for the reported structure fire with injuries. 911 callers reported a resident had set curtains in the room on fire after smoking a cigarette...
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Police Investigating Body Located Near North Beach Boardwalk in Chesapeake Bay

Police Investigating Body Located Near North Beach Boardwalk in Chesapeake Bay

On Sunday, October 5, 2025, around 8:17 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the 9100 block of Atlantic Avenue in North Beach, for the reported possible person in the water. The 911 caller, a resident on Atlantic Avenue, reported they could see a possibly body in the water and would guide...
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Arson at California IHOP Under Investigation, No Injuries and Minimal Damage Reported

Arson at California IHOP Under Investigation, No Injuries and Minimal Damage Reported

On Saturday, October 4, 2025, at approximately 4:52 p.m., firefighters from Bay District and Hollywood Volunteer Fire Departments responded to the IHOP located at 45138 Worth Avenue in California, for the reduced structure fire assignment. The 911 caller was an employee reporting a fire in the bathroom which was now out. Crews quickly arrived...
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14-Month-Old Transported to Children’s Center with Serious Burns

14-Month-Old Transported to Children’s Center with Serious Burns

On Friday, October 3, 2025, at approximately 5:20 p.m., emergency medical services responded to the 4000 block of Clayton Road in Waldorf, for the reported burns. 911 callers reported a 14-month old was suffering from serious burns caused by hot coffee. EMS arrived on the scene to find the victim suffering from burns to...
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UPDATE: Waldorf Man Sentenced to 4 Years After Killing 22-Year-Old While Impaired, Doing Double The Speed Limit

UPDATE: Waldorf Man Sentenced to 4 Years After Killing 22-Year-Old While Impaired, Doing Double The Speed Limit

UPDATE 10/02/2025: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Friday, September 26, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Makeba Gibbs sentenced Nijale Zaki Mikal-Brown, 22, of Waldorf, to 4 years in prison for the Gross Negligent Manslaughter of Ja’Juan Malik Cobb. Upon release, Mikal-Brown will be on supervised probation for a...
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GoFundMe Started for Next Step Produce After Accidental Fire Causes Over $1 Million in Damages

GoFundMe Started for Next Step Produce After Accidental Fire Causes Over $1 Million in Damages

UPDATE 10/02/2025: On October 1, 2025, at approximately 10:18 P.M., firefighters from Maryland and Virginia responded to 10615 Benton Road in Newburg,for the reported structure on fire. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find a 100′ x 75′ Produce Barn fully engulfed in flames. Fortunately, no injuries were reported and no animals were harmed....
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Governor Moore Announces Resources for Federal Workers as Team Maryland Stands United in Response to Federal Government Shutdown

Governor Moore Announces Resources for Federal Workers as Team Maryland Stands United in Response to Federal Government Shutdown

Governor Wes Moore today announced support and resources available to help meet the needs of federal workers who live in Maryland and are impacted by the federal government shutdown. The renewed surge of resources and support comes as President Trump and Congressional Republicans have failed to reach an agreement to keep the government open, continuing...
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Waldorf Man Driving Impaired With 7-Year-Old Child Crashes Into Loaded School Bus Transporting Football Team in Charles County

Waldorf Man Driving Impaired With 7-Year-Old Child Crashes Into Loaded School Bus Transporting Football Team in Charles County

On Monday, September 29th, 2025, at approximately 8:12 p.m., officers responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a school bus in the 3700 block of Leonardtown Road in Waldorf. The investigation revealed that the driver of a Camaro, traveling southbound on Leonardtown Road, struck the rear of a school bus carrying members of the...
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First Responders in Charles, and Prince George’s County Awarded Grants for New Equipment

First Responders in Charles, and Prince George’s County Awarded Grants for New Equipment

During the September 25th, 2025, Charles County Board of Fire and Rescue meeting, the Charles County Dive Team presented grant details that will provide them new technology with an underwater drone for search and rescue missions. CCDR received the $15,000 grant from the DC Fire and EMS Foundation, Legacy on Ice, to help offset...
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Prince George’s Man Charged After Stealing Ambulance from Charles County Hospital

Prince George’s Man Charged After Stealing Ambulance from Charles County Hospital

Kevin Lewis Miller, 43, of Upper Marlboro, has been charged with felony theft and unlawful taking of a motor vehicle after allegedly stealing a ambulance valued at approximately $250,000 from the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center on the night of September 13, 2025. According to court documents, the Charles County Department of...
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UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Sentenced to Life Plus Five Years for Fatal Shooting of Ex-Wife

UPDATE: Lexington Park Man Sentenced to Life Plus Five Years for Fatal Shooting of Ex-Wife

UPDATE 9/29/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Jayson David Pressley, 39, of Lexington Park, Maryland, was sentenced to LIFE in prison plus an additional five years for first-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence for a domestically related fatal shooting. On January 3,...
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St. Mary’s County Installs Second Water Storage Tank to Improve Emergency Water Access for Local Fire Departments

St. Mary’s County Installs Second Water Storage Tank to Improve Emergency Water Access for Local Fire Departments

St. Mary’s County Government’s (SMCG) Department of Public Works & Transportation (DPW&T) has installed a second 30,000-gallon water storage tank to support local fire departments in emergency response efforts. The tank was placed on Thursday, September 25, 2025, at the Ridge Firehouse carnival grounds, as part of a multiyear capital project in partnership with...
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4-Year-Old Flown to Children’s Center After Possible Overdose in Charles County, Police Investigating

4-Year-Old Flown to Children’s Center After Possible Overdose in Charles County, Police Investigating

Police are currently investigating an incident that sent a 4-year-old child to the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on Sunday night, September 28, 2025. Around 9:20 p.m., First Responders responded to the 5900 block of Port Tobacco Road in Indian Head, for the reported 4-year-old female having ineffective breathing. 911 callers had...
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Firefighters Quickly Extinguish Kitchen Fire in Solomons

Firefighters Quickly Extinguish Kitchen Fire in Solomons

On Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at approximately 12:30 pm, firefighters from Calvert and St. Mary’s County responded to the 11700 block of Asbury Circle in Solomons, for a reported structure fire on the fourth floor of a multi-unit residential building. Solomons Volunteers quickly responded with Engine 31, Truck 3, Ambulance 37, Ambulance 203, Paramedic...
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Southern Maryland Volunteer Firemen’s Association Antique Fire Apparatus Muster

Southern Maryland Volunteer Firemen’s Association Antique Fire Apparatus Muster

The Southern Maryland Volunteer Firemen’s Association will host its Antique Fire Apparatus Muster on Sunday, October 19, 2025, at the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department, located at 24801 Three Notch Road in Hollywood, Maryland. The event runs from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with registration from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. and judging beginning at 11:30...
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55-Year-Old Hollywood Man Flown to Burn Center After Suffering Serious Injuries

55-Year-Old Hollywood Man Flown to Burn Center After Suffering Serious Injuries

On Sunday, September 28, 2025, at approximately 4:02 p.m., Rapid Responder 19B from the Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad requested an ambulance and medic unit to the 23000 block of Brown Road in Hollywood, for the reported burns. 19B reported a 55-year-old male had burns to the face, arms and forearms, and requested a helicopter...
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Remembering Our Fallen Heroes On The 17th Anniversary of MSP Aviation Trooper 2 Crash

Remembering Our Fallen Heroes On The 17th Anniversary of MSP Aviation Trooper 2 Crash

On September 28th, 2025, we remember our fallen heroes and victims on the 17th anniversary of the Maryland State Police Aviation Command’s Trooper 2 crash. September 27th, 2008, Trooper 2 responded to Waldorf, Charles County Maryland to assist the Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department with a motor vehicle crash. On scene, two patients were identified...
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69-Year-Old Man Flown to Trauma Center After Accidentally Shooting Himself in Hand

69-Year-Old Man Flown to Trauma Center After Accidentally Shooting Himself in Hand

On Friday, September 26, 2025, at approximately 11:08 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the CTE Firearms located in the 23000 block of Daniel Farm Lane in Hollywood, for the reported accidental shooting. 911 callers reported a 69-year-old male had accidentally shot himself in the hand. EMS arrived on the scene and...
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Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash Near Nanjemoy Volunteer Firehouse

Police Investigating Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash Near Nanjemoy Volunteer Firehouse

On Friday, September 26, 2025, at approximately 12:57 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services were dispatched to the Nanjemoy Volunteer Fire Station 4, located at 4260 Port Tobacco Road in Nanjemoy, for a serious motor vehicle collision in front of the firehouse. Nanjemoy Fire Chief 4 reported a motor vehicle collision in front...
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UPDATE: No Charges Against Officers Who Shot and Killed Man Who Stabbed Two Victims and Set Apartment on Fire

UPDATE: No Charges Against Officers Who Shot and Killed Man Who Stabbed Two Victims and Set Apartment on Fire

UPDATE 9/24/2025: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced his decision not to seek charges in the Sunday, April 20, 2025, fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred in Oxon Hill, Prince George’s County, Maryland. On Sunday, April 20, 2025, at approximately 10:15 a.m., Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD) officers responded to a 911 call that reported...
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PGFD Regrets to Announce Passing of Life-Long Firefighter Thomas Stommel

PGFD Regrets to Announce Passing of Life-Long Firefighter Thomas Stommel

A Statement from Fire Chief Thelmetria A. Michaelides on the passing of Past Volunteer Fire Chief Thomas Stommel. It is with great sadness that the Office of the Fire Chief has been notified of the passing of Past Volunteer Fire Chief Thomas Stommel on Sunday, September 21, 2025. Past Volunteer Chief Stommel was a...
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VIDEO: 18-Year-Old Arrested After Seriously Injuring Woman at Illegal Car Takeover Event

VIDEO: 18-Year-Old Arrested After Seriously Injuring Woman at Illegal Car Takeover Event

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homeland Security – Intelligence Division identified and charged a driver for assaulting and seriously injuring a woman at a recent illegal car meet up in Landover. The suspect is 18-year-old Naef Salmo of Millersville. The preliminary investigation reveals on September 14, 2025, at approximately 1:45 am, the illegal...
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UPDATE: Lothian Man Dead and 14-Year-Old Passenger Seriously Injured After Fleeing Police While Travelling Wrong-Way on Route 4

UPDATE: Lothian Man Dead and 14-Year-Old Passenger Seriously Injured After Fleeing Police While Travelling Wrong-Way on Route 4

UPDATE 9/24/2025: On September 23, 2025, at approximately 7:55 p.m., Southern District officers were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash on Route 4 near Route 258 in Lothian involving a motorcycle. The investigation revealed that a Yamaha sport bike was traveling Northbound in the Southbound lanes of Route 4 when it struck a Cadillac...
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2-Year-Old Flown to Children’s Center After Suffering Burns Caused by Bottle Warmer in Charles County

2-Year-Old Flown to Children’s Center After Suffering Burns Caused by Bottle Warmer in Charles County

On Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at approximately 7:00 p.m., emergency medical services responded to the 2000 block of Hanover Court in Waldorf, for the reported burn injuries. 911 callers reported a 2-year-old male was conscious alert and breathing after suffering burns to the head and upper body. EMS arrived on the scene to find...
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