Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED A seven-year-old boy was transported to the hospital on Memorial Day after nearly drowning at a community pool in the 1600 block of Yale Place in Rockville, according to a county fire official. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his Twitter account that a bystander initiated CPR on the boy. Piringer […]

Montgomery County Police Officer David Reed helped to save the life of an infant girl in White Oak on Thursday night. Reed gives the account of the incident at a Montgomery County Police news briefing at the Public Safety Headquarters Friday morning in Gaithersburg. For more on this case, see the MCPD’s website here.

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. […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Delphine Harriston, a program specialist for the Montgomery County Council, tells us why she didn’t make it to the Council meeting on time today. Instead of delivering proclamations as planned this morning, Harriston found herself stuck in an elevator in between floors at the Council Office Building. In case you […]

UPDATED Montgomery County fire and rescue crews helped Park Police remove two deer who were stuck on ice late Sunday afternoon at Little Seneca Lake, according to a fire department official. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his Twitter account that an airboat was deployed for the rescue operation at Black Hills […]

Montgomery County fire and rescue crews responded to an overturned vehicle at Veirs Mill Road near Dodge Street, east of Rockville Pike, early Tuesday morning. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said one person was extricated from the vehicle and two adults were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. During the fire department’s […]

Two workers stuck in a bucket lift more than 100 feet high inside the atrium of an FDA building on New Hampshire Avenue had to be extricated via an outside window early Wednesday morning. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue workers had to remove a window of the building from the roof outside to reach the […]

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A townhouse fire caused an estimated $800,000 in damage on Saturday and displaced 13 people from four town homes in Montgomery Village. It happened in the 9600 block of Horizon Run Road. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said fortunately there were no injuries. He said investigators credited a 15-year-old boy with seeing […]

UPDATED: Thousands of homes are without power in Montgomery County as a massive storm hit the area Thursday evening. As of 7 p.m., more than 29,000 Pepco customers are without power in the County, according to online outage maps. Montgomery County fire spokesperson Pete Piringer said that multiple power lines are down throughout the County and a woman […]