Firefighter John Adair was on the scene of a working building fire on East-West Highway. He was at pump panel of a Chevy Chase engine on a street that had been roped off to traffic,when a car plowed through the roped off area, striking FF Adair. Adair's b ...
Captain Bell suffered a fatal heart attack while performing fund raising duties for his squad. He was a retired career Sergeant from Montgomery County as well as a life member and was serving as First Vice President.
Firefighter Ronald B. Biggs, and fellow firefighters, were fighting a single-family home basement fire when an explosion occurred. The explosion injured 4 firefighters and fatally injured Firefighter Biggs. Firefighter Ronald B. Biggs was 30 years old and ...
On February 21,1952, Captain Wesley L. Briggs was driving a 1950's open cab fire engine responding to a brush fire in Washington Grove . At the intersection of Diamond Ave & Summit Ave, the engine and a private vehicle collided, causing the engine to ...
Silver Spring VFD ~ Montgomery County ~ Maryland
October 2,1964
Firefighter Frederick M. Dunn was a live-in volunteer at the Silver Spring VFD. He was assisting with raising a 35ft extension ladder on the scene of a working building fir ...
On April 7, 2017 Firefighter Charles R. "Rick" Gentilcore was on duty at Burtonsville Station 15. At approximately 3:30p.m., colleagues found Rick unresponsive and immediately initiated emergency care. Rick was transported to Holy Cross Hospital where he ...
Firefighter Ophery H. Gibson, Jr was guiding in a helicopter to land at the Naval Ordinance Lab. He ignited a "smoke bomb" in a bucket to determine wind direction for the incoming aircraft. When it didn't produce smoke, Firefighter Gibson went to check on ...
On Dec. 30, 1973, Firefighter Jerry Hamrick suffered a massive heart attack while on working fire and was never able to work again. He was retired on July 30, 1974. On Nov. 2, 1975 Firefighter Hamrick died of cardiac arrest, deemed to be related to his pr ...
On Wednesday, September 20,2023, Life Member Michael A. McTighe Jr. was on his motorcycle traveling on Urbana Pike, heading home, after attending a Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Department Membership meeting, when he was involved in a single vehicle coll ...
June 26, 1977 While transporting a Priority 1 patient to Suburban Hospital's Trauma Unit, Medic 3 was struck broadside by a drunk driver that failed to yield the right-of-way to the emergency vehicle at the intersection of Old Georgetown Road and Democrac ...
Sandy Springs VFD ~ Montgomery County ~ Maryland
April 1,1971
Sergeant Eldridge Pier suffered a fatal heart attack while fighting a brush fire on Chandlee Mill Road.
Sergeant Eldridge M. Pier was 43 years old.
Number of ...
Firefighter David A. Poplis died at the Montgomery County General Hospital from an embolism that resulted from a fracture sustained when he fell from a moving ambulance. Firefighter David Alexander Poplis was 21 years old. Years served are unknown at this ...
On the morning of December 5, 1959, Chief Edwin J.Sackett, headed for home after completing a 24 hour shift at the Chevy Chase Fire Department and was due to return to work that night. When he got home he told his wife that he wasn't feeling well and was ...
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Cabin John Park V.F.D. ~ Montgomery County ~ Maryland.
In 1976 ...
Sergeant David W. Shaw, while on a working confined space rescue, climbed down the manhole ladder into the underground utilities vault & collapsed. Tragically, Sergeant Shaw died of CO2 asphyxiation.Sergeant David Winston Shaw was 30 years old . Numbe ...
On July 21, 1956, the Washington area was hit with heavy rainfall, causing flash flood conditions. RVFD was kept very busy answering calls for assistance throughout the Rockville area. At approximately 3:30am, Rescue Squad 3 and Boat 3 were dispatched for ...
Sandy Spring VFD ~ Montgomery County ~ Maryland
April 19,1968
Captain Richard B.Thomas III had several other members with him and was responding in his personal Jeep to a brush fire on Chandlee Mill Road. Tragically, the jeep overturned ...
Honoring & Remembering Maryland Fallen Heroes
Kensington Volunteer F.D. ~ Montgomery County ~ Maryland
On June 15, 2023, Master Firefighter/EMT Kevin J. Tighe was serving in an administrative capacity while on duty at the Kensington ...
Chevy Chase Fire Dept. ~ Montgomery County ~ Maryland
**On the morning of September 17,1947, during rush hour traffic, Chevy Chase Fire Department’s motor pumper #3 was responding on a boiler explosion. Chief Edwin Sackett was riding right fron ...
Chevy Chase FD ~ Montgomery County ~ Maryland
November 3,1944
"At about 3:45 p.m. Private Stephan Williams, age 49 of Chevy Chase Fire Department, while fighting fire inside of White Tower Restaurant, at Silver Spring, Md was overcome b ...