Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council recently honored nurse Lucy Luseni for saving the life of a man who had been assaulted. Lucy Luseni, an off-duty nurse who stopped her car on Georgia Avenue recently to assist an injured man who was lying near the road, is applauded for her efforts that resulted in saving the life […]

UPDATED: Two workers laying bricks were rescued today at the NIH Building when the scaffolding they were standing on partially collapsed about 75 feet above the ground, according to Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson Pete Piringer. The two workers were lowered to the ground safely using a ladder and were being evaluated. Piringer said the […]

UPDATED Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what sparked a blaze on the first floor of a two-story townhouse in Burtonsville on June 1 that has displaced a family of two. According to Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer, there was extensive damage to the townhouse at 2922 Hickory Leaf Way. Piringer reported on his Twitter […]

UPDATED Montgomery County’s fire and rescue hazardous materials unit was dispatched to the Wheaton 4th District Police Station at 2300 Randolph Road shortly before 5 p.m. on May 28 after a suspicious envelope was received there with an unidentified white powder in it. Montgomery County Police Spokesperson Blanca Kling said the station was evacuated during […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what ignited a house fire at 14513 Brookmead Drive in Germantown on May 25. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reports that smoke was showing from the house as the first units arrived at the scene on Sunday morning. Because the fire occurred in a non-hydrant area, additional water trucks […]

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 […]

UPDATED A 10-year-old child, identified by police as D’Angelo Jayvon McMullen, has died after falling through the ice on a sediment pond in Gaithersburg, according to Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS). Late in the afternoon of Jan. 13, Montgomery County fire rescue units were called to […]

A lesson in Potomac River safety that you won’t soon forget. Susan Kenedy reports that a 14-mile stretch of the Potomac River Gorge from Washington, D.C. to Great Falls is considered dangerous and can be deadly. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery County police and fire rescue crews responded to Newcastle Avenue at Woodley Avenue in Silver Spring at 3:04 p.m. on March 6 for the report of a tree down on a car. According to police, one person was transported to the hospital. The patient’s condition is unknown. The road was closed until the tree […]