Montgomery Community Media

During the Cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg’s Water Safety Day at Gaithersburg Water Park, community members learned life-saving water skills. Check out the Gaithersburg lifeguards demonstrate a water rescue for a spinal injury. The lifeguards not only get in the water to rescue the victim but they also remove the victim with a backboard. Also, […]

It may be a cold January night but there’s a hot spot on the Gaithersburg City Council agenda tonight. City staffers are proposing some changes to the operations at the Water Park for the 2016 season, including updated fees for nonresidents and limiting the size and number of groups visiting the pool during the summer […]

Heavy rains are flooding local roads and Montgomery County firefighters have already been dispatched to several water rescues early this morning. On his Twitter account, Montgomery County Fire Spokesperson Pete Piringer reports water rescues at Quince Orchard Road, Berryville Road, Bradley Road, New Cut Road, Scott Drive and Game Preserve Road. No injuries have been […]

Montgomery County firefighters are responding to calls for help from several motorists whose cars are stranded in high waters from today’s flooding rains. Fire Spokesperson Pete Piringer reports rescues are underway at Burning Tree Road and Melody Lane, Bradley Boulevard and Fallen Oak Drive, Littleton Street and Bushey Drive, Democracy Boulevard and Fernwood Road, and […]