Montgomery Community Media

Some Northwest High School students have been taking a unique First Aid course, where they learn skills for aiding adults, children and infants in case of an emergency. These students are passionate about what they have learned, and recently they organized a First Aid Fair to share information with other students and teachers. Find out […]

A Pepco employee was injured on the job Wednesday night while working on a transformer in the Leisure World area. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer tells us more about this incident in this MyMCMedia Extra video, below: Pepco has released the following statement about the employee’s injuries: “On 9/7/2016, a Pepco employee […]

A heat lamp may have caused a chicken coop fire at 17409 Chiswell Road in Poolesville on Sunday morning, according to Montgomery County fire and rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer. Piringer said six chickens died in the accidental blaze that also damaged the exterior siding of the adjacent house. According to Piringer, a resident sustained burns […]

Montgomery County firefighters are on the scene of what a fire official describes as a “flash fire” at Panda Express at the Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the fire is now out. According to Piringer, an employee is being evaluated by EMS for minor burns. Lake Forest mall […]

Montgomery County firefighters and emergency medics were called to the scene of what a fire official described as a “possible electrocution” in Chevy Chase shortly around 7 p.m. on May 24. On his Twitter account, Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported that emergency medical crews evaluated three patients for electric shock in the 200 […]