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Langley Park, MD

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2nd Alarm House Fire in Beltsville

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pAt around 10 a.mnbspUnits from the 6th Battalion were dispatchednbsp for the reported house on fire in the 4100 blk of Ulster Road in Company 31s area. Engine Co. 31 arrived on scene with a 2 story single family with heavy fire showing from the garage and second floor. Units … [Read more...]

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Engine Takes in 44 House

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pAt around 1600 hrs the Bomberos were alerted as the 2nd due engine to a report of a vacant house on fire in the 2000 blk of Rittenhouse Street in Co. 44s area. Paramedic Engine 44 arrived on scene with a 2 story single family house with smoke showing. Engine 341 and Truck 1 … [Read more...]

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2nd First Due Fire in 2 Days

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pFor the second time in 2 days E-343 along with Chief 34A Guyton was alerted to the 1900 blk of Dana Dr. for the reported house fire. E-343 arrived on scene to find light smoke showing from a 1 story signle family home. Chief 34A arrived and established the Dana Dr. Command. A … [Read more...]

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Bomberos Run First Due Fire

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pAt 0730 hrs. the Bomberos were alerted to the 8100 blk. of 15th Avenue for the apartment fire. E343 with 4 personnel arrived on scene to find smoke showing from a 3 story garden apartment. Fire was found in the living room of a basement apartment. E343 held the fire to one room … [Read more...]

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Truck And Chief On 33 2nd Alarm Fire

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pWhile crews were at Station 55 paying their respects for the passing of Chief 1A Jimmy Hook the box was sounded for the apartment fire in the 6300 blk of Landover Rd. in Company 33s area. Units from Company 9 and 33 arrived to find a 3 story apartment building with smoke … [Read more...]

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4 Crews for One of PG’s Busiest Days

 FireCompanies.com    February 21, 2011    No Comments

pAround noon Truck 34 was alerted for the 2nd alarm brush fire on Van Dusen Road in Company 10s Laurelnbsparea. Truck 34 arrived on scene with 5 personnel to find units working a 30 foot tall mulch pile. Due to the 50 mph winds the fire grew tremendously. With a large brush fire … [Read more...]

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Engine and Ambulance on Branchville 2nd alarm

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pAt around 0600 hrs. the Ambulance was alerted on the working fire dispatch for the 8400 blk of Potomac Ave. in Company 11s first due. As the ambulance was pulling out of the station E-343 was alerted for the task force. Units on scene had a 2 story residential with fire … [Read more...]

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2nd Due Engine on 44 House Fire

 FireCompanies.com    February 18, 2011    No Comments

pAt 2103 hrs. Engine 343 was alerted for the house fire in the 2000 block of Roanoke Street in Company 44s area. Engine 343 responded with 3 personnel as well as Chief 34 as the BattalionnbspChief. Engine 441 arrived and found smoke showing from a 2 story single family house. … [Read more...]

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Truck Takes in Takoma Park House

 FireCompanies.com    February 16, 2011    No Comments

pAt 2251hrs Truck 34 was alerted for the fire in the laundry room in Company 702s area. Truck 34 arrived on scene to find fire showing from side D. Truck 34 went to work as the 2nd due truck. The crew performed searches on the 2nd floor as well as controlling utilities and … [Read more...]

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1st Due Truck on College Park Task Force

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pAt 0541hrs the truck was transferring to Company 12 for the second time in 5 hours. As the truck was approaching Company 12s area they were alerted as 1st due truck on the task force for the 5000 block of Pierce Avenue. Truck 34 arrived on the scene with 4 personnel and was … [Read more...]

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2010 Another Busy Year

 FireCompanies.com    February 8, 2011    No Comments

pThe Bomberos De Langley Park have kept themselves very busy during 2010. With the normal everyday calls for cuttings shootings pedestrian strucks and a few fire calls thrown in the Crew from 34 ran 7133 calls.ppThis year has started outnbspbusy as well withnbspCompany … [Read more...]

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Robbery Turned Stabbing

 FireCompanies.com    January 29, 2011    No Comments

pEngine 341 and Ambulance 348 were dispatched to the 2400blk of University Blvd for a stabbing. Units arrived to find not one but two people stabbed multiple timesnbspin a possible gang related robbery. The first patient hadnbspmultiple stab wounds 13 total to the head back and … [Read more...]

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Crash With People Trapped

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pUnit from Co. 34 along with Rescue Squad 1 were dispatched to Riggs Rd. and Saranac St. for an accident with a report of people trapped. Engine 341 arrived to find a head on collision with 2 people trapped. Crews started to assessnbspthe patients whilenbspRescue Squad 1 arrived … [Read more...]

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Langley Park firefighters assisted by Superhero for Devil’s Night 2010

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pA busy Halloween weekend left the Bomberos de Langley Park tattered and exhausted........but there was hope. Just as the guys were laying down for their nap a figure was seen in the distance. At first it was impossible to discern who it was. However as the figure grew closer it … [Read more...]

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Fire in College Park Woods

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pAfter returning from a transfer to Co. 8 Seat Pleasant due to a two alarm fire on Hil Mar circle PSC dropped the box for the 3400 block of Duke St. in Co. 11s first due for a reported house on fire with multiple calls. The first arriving Engine Branchville went on scene with … [Read more...]

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#PGFD Remembers Robert J. Harmon Jr. & Charles R. Hobstetter August 10, 1969 ... See MoreSee Less
#PGFD Remembers Robert J. Harmon Jr. & Charles R. Hobstetter August 10, 1969
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6 months ago
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Today is the 51st anniversary of the Line of Duty Deaths of F/F Robert J.Harmon and F/F Charles Robert Hobstetter of the Chillum Adelphi Volunteer Fire Department. Please take a moment and remember their sacrifices on August 10, 1969.

On a hot August night in 1969, a line of violent thunderstorms, with winds in excess of 55 mph, barreled through the MD/DC area, and caused extensive flooding throughout the region. The usually trickling and docile Sligo Creek suddenly turned into a torrent of water with 5-foot swells that caused the creek to crest over the bridge on New Hampshire Avenue and submerge cars within minutes.
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Knowles and their 5 year old son were in their family car and had just turned off New Hampshire Ave onto Sligo Creek Parkway, when they were hit with rushing flood waters, that came up as high as the car door handles. The raging water swept them and their automobile some two blocks down stream. The three abandoned their car and, with the help of 18-year-old Colin Turner of Takoma Park, the four navigated downstream until they reached, climbed up on, and clung to the railings of the New Hampshire Avenue Bridge.
The Chillum-Adelphi ambulance and hook & ladder were the first units to arrive and emergency rescue operations got underway with the 3-man team of Robert Harmon, Charles Robert Hobstetter, and Bob Jacobs. Firefighter Robert J. Harmon Jr. and Firefighter Charles Robert Hobstetter were secured with lifelines that were being manned by Firefighter Bob Jacobs. The two firefighters were making their way to the four stranded on the bridge, when suddenly the road collapsed, plunging Firefighter Harmon and Firefighter Hobstetter into the raging water and under the bridge.
Firefighter Harmon, still attached to the lifeline, was pulled from the water by Firefighter Jacobs. Firefighter Harmon was transported to an area hospital in cardiac arrest/drowning, all resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead at approximately 1:30 a.m. When the road collapsed, Firefighter Hobstetter became separated from the lifeline. He was swept 1/2 mile downstream and his body was located at approximately 3 a.m.

Firefighter Robert J. Harmon Jr. was 22 years old and had served 18 months.
Firefighter Charles Robert Hobstetter was 31 years old and had served 8 1/2 years.
Courtesy of the Maryland Fire-Rescue Services Memorial Foundation.
The link below was a Washington Post article on the storm and the incident.
www.fosc.org/FloodFiremen.htm…
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Today is the 51st anniversary of the Line of Duty Deaths of F/F Robert J.Harmon and F/F Charles Robert Hobstetter of the Chillum Adelphi Volunteer Fire Department. Please take a moment and remember their sacrifices on August 10, 1969.   

On a hot August night in 1969, a line of violent thunderstorms, with winds in excess of 55 mph, barreled through the MD/DC area, and caused extensive flooding throughout the region. The usually trickling and docile Sligo Creek suddenly turned into a torrent of water with 5-foot swells that caused the creek to crest over the bridge on New Hampshire Avenue and submerge cars within minutes.
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Knowles and their 5 year old son were in their family car and had just turned off New Hampshire Ave onto Sligo Creek Parkway, when they were hit with rushing flood waters, that came up as high as the car door handles. The raging water swept them and their automobile some two blocks down stream. The three abandoned their car and, with the help of 18-year-old Colin Turner of Takoma Park, the four navigated downstream until they reached, climbed up on, and clung to the railings of the New Hampshire Avenue Bridge.
The Chillum-Adelphi ambulance and hook & ladder were the first units to arrive and emergency rescue operations got underway with the 3-man team of Robert Harmon, Charles Robert Hobstetter, and Bob Jacobs. Firefighter Robert J. Harmon Jr. and Firefighter Charles Robert Hobstetter were secured with lifelines that were being manned by Firefighter Bob Jacobs. The two firefighters were making their way to the four stranded on the bridge, when suddenly the road collapsed, plunging Firefighter Harmon and Firefighter Hobstetter into the raging water and under the bridge.
Firefighter Harmon, still attached to the lifeline, was pulled from the water by Firefighter Jacobs. Firefighter Harmon was transported to an area hospital in cardiac arrest/drowning, all resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead at approximately 1:30 a.m. When the road collapsed, Firefighter Hobstetter became separated from the lifeline. He was swept 1/2 mile downstream and his body was located at approximately 3 a.m.

Firefighter Robert J. Harmon Jr. was 22 years old and had served 18 months.
Firefighter Charles Robert Hobstetter was 31 years old and had served 8 1/2 years.
Courtesy of the Maryland Fire-Rescue Services Memorial Foundation.
The link below was a Washington Post article on the storm and the incident.
http://www.fosc.org/FloodFiremen.htm…
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Hello Officers of Chillum-Adelphi Volunteer Fire Dept. My name is Chief (Dr.) Kindness Melchisalem. My name former name was Lady Bridget Ezeanyaeche and former member of C.A.V.F.D (Station 34). I came to Nigeria in 2010 for emergency family responsibilities. I thank God for all the wonderful things Station 34 is doing in Langley Park-Takoma Park Community, PG County and the State of Maryland. My Goodwill's message to the Department for the 51st Anniversary oi Firefighters R.J.Harmon .Jr & C.R. Hobstetter. May their souls continue to test in peace till we meet again to path no more. Amen 🙏

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7 months ago
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Congratulations to Past President and Deputy Chief Chuck Walker on his election to President of the Maryland State Fireman’s Association!

The Officers and Members of the CAVFD wish you all the best!
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Congratulations to Past President and Deputy Chief Chuck Walker on his election to President of the Maryland State Fireman’s Association! 

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