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The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) will accept applications for Firefighter/Rescuer I from May 9 through May 23. All applications must be submitted online through the MCFRS website here.  Captain Oscar Garcia has more information in this video:   Visit MCFRS website to apply online.

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what sparked a house fire in Bethesda last night. It happened around 8 p.m. on Sunday night at 5817 Sonoma Road. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said there was no one home at the time of the blaze and no injuries. According to Piringer, a family of three and […]

UPDATED Battalion Chief Kevin Frazier is at the scene of last night’s fatal fire. Frazier estimates damages from the fire at $600,000. He said the exact cause of the fire will not be known for a few days. Watch Frazier’s video update, below: https://youtu.be/5zysOgVegok Montgomery County firefighters are investigating a fatal townhouse fire in Gaithersburg. […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police officers are investigating a serious collision that occurred Monday afternoon in Damascus. According to police, the three vehicle collision occurred on Ridge Road near Gue Road. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates that a 1994 GMC Sonoma was traveling northbound on Ridge Road when for reasons still under investigation, the Sonoma crossed […]

More than 100 Montgomery County firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire at a townhouse in Germantown on Monday, March 14. According to officials, the fire caused one home to collapse and damaged surrounding buildings. Peggy Garland’s home was one of the buildings that was impacted by the blaze. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Garland describes the […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services dispatched units to contain a brush fire that burned about five to seven acres in a wooded area near Big Woods Road. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the fire burned close to a home. Firefighters were able to bring the flames under control. Piringer said firefighters and a […]

A house fire in the 900 block of McCeney Avenue on Wednesday night caused $675,000 in damages, according to a Montgomery County fire official. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said it took 65 firefighters about thirty minutes to bring the blaze at 909 McCeney Avenue under control. According to Piringer, the family was home […]

UPDATED The driver of a tractor trailer was killed in a collision on the Beltway that occurred on westbound Interstate 495 east of Connecticut Avenue on Friday morning. The overturned truck closed both the inner loop and the outer loop lanes of the Beltway for some time during the morning rush hour. Fire and Rescue […]

UPDATED Dozens of firefighters responded to a townhouse fire in the 9900 block of Brookridge Court on Thursday morning, according to a Montgomery County fire official. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said neighbors were evacuated as firefighters attacked the fire in the townhome community. According to Piringer, 75 firefighters responded to the blaze and, […]

Montgomery County firefighters rescued a woman who was injured while sledding at the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase on Monday afternoon. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the sledder was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. According to Piringer, the sledder collided with a tree on a golf course about […]