Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect who officers say has been stealing items from cars in the parking lot of the Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department at 13900 Old Columbia Pike. According to police, the thefts occurred between April 18 and June 10. Detectives have obtained surveillance photographs of […]

Montgomery County firefighters are on the scene of an overturned tanker truck on Club Hollow Road in the Poolesville area. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the driver of the truck was severely pinned under the overturned vehicle and had to be extricated. Piringer said the driver was transported by a medical helicopter […]

Law enforcement officers and fire and rescue personnel will be honored during the 26th Annual Rockville Public Safety Awards on June 3rd at 11:30 a.m. at Lakewood Country Club, 13901 Glen Mill Road. Each year, members of public safety agencies that serve the City of Rockville are recognized for their outstanding service. Since 1990, awards […]

UPDATED April 19 It took over seven hours but Montgomery County firefighters have successfully rescued a small dog from a a six-inch pipe  that was buried about 12′ below ground, according to a Montgomery County fire official. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the call for help came in from the Pomeranian’s owner around 6:30 p.m. […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police and firefighters were called to a gas leak in Silver Spring on Monday afternoon. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said there were evacuations in the area of Wayne Avenue and Fenton Street. According to Piringer, a backhoe struck a 4-inch, high pressure natural gas line near the site of the […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to the report of smoke in a Metro tunnel between the Bethesda Metro and Medical Center Metro stations on Tuesday morning, according to a Montgomery County fire official. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his Twitter account that a smoking insulator was found on one track. He said there […]

Acting Fire Chief Scott Goldstein shares his reaction to the County Executive’s recommended operating budget and what it means for the department in this MyMCMedia Extra video.

Montgomery County firefighters have determined that “unattended cooking” sparked a townhouse fire in the 9200 block of Hummingbird Terrace in Gaithersburg and caused an estimated $500,000 in damage to the building on Feb. 14. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his Twitter account that over 50 firefighters were called to the scene […]

Montgomery County public schools are starting on time today. Here are five more things to know today, Jan. 8, in Montgomery County. 1. You are going to want to bundle up in layers today, and don’t forget your hat and gloves. It’s dangerously cold outside and the National Weather Service has issued a wind chill […]

U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced on March 29 that the Glen Echo Volunteer Fire Department (GEVFD) has been awarded $44,574 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program to purchase lifesaving rescue equipment and personal protection equipment for its first responders. […]