Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED Montgomery County firefighters extricated two people after a car crashed into an office building from a ground level parking garage at 11820 Parklawn Drive this morning. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said medics transported a total of four people to area hospitals, including the driver of the car. He said their injuries are […]

Governor Larry Hogan today, at the request of Baltimore City, has signed an Executive Order declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard to address the growing violence and unrest in Baltimore City. The governor, along with Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford and National Guard Adjutant General Linda Singh, are scheduled to hold a […]

The two paramedics seriously injured in an accident on I-495, while they were responding to another call early Sunday morning, continue to recover from their injuries. In an update posted on the Glen Echo Fire Department’s Facebook page, John Witherspoon, president of the Conduit Fire and Glen Echo Fire Department, said medic Tom Schryver remains […]

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley convened several state agencies including the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH), in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security, to participate in a Cabinet-level exercise to test the state’s ability to respond to a medical emergency. There have been no cases of Ebola in Maryland, and the […]

A teenage boy was transported to the hospital on May 26 after he nearly drowned in a pool at an apartment complex on Stewart Lane in White Oak, according to a fire and rescue official. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported the incident on his Twitter account. No other information about this […]

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 […]