Two adult females sustained traumatic injuries in a head-on crash on rain slickened roads. A 2-vehicle head-on crash occurred at about 8:15 PM, Wednesday, July 29, 2009, on Powder Mill Road near Center Road on the Beltsville Agriculture Research Center. The driver of each vehicle sustained multi-system trauma and were treated on the scene by […]

The Prince George’s County Fire/Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department, in cooperation with the County Office of Homeland Security, is currently conducting training for teenagers to be certified as members of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). The curriculum for Teen CERT is the standard national CERT training with an emphasis on student service and on […]

Fire/EMS Department personnel are attending user training to implement a new electronic patient care report (ePCR) system. This system from the Intermedix Corporation provides both mobile computing and web based documentation platforms. TripTix® Mobile, using wireless broadband connectivity, allows emergency medical services (EMS) crews to quickly and securely complete clinical patient care reports that are […]

The Knights of Columbus Hall in Oxon Hill suffered a total loss from a fire that consumed the structure early this morning. Just after 2:00 AM, Tuesday, July 28, 2009, the District of Columbia Fire Department Office of Unified Communications notified Prince George’s County Public Safety Communications of the building fire. Initial reports from DCFD […]

Lee R. Collins promoted to Fire Fighter/Medic Lieutenant Russell L. Poe III promoted to Fire Fighter/Medic Lieutenant W. Derrick Lea promoted to Fire Major Prince George’s County Fire Chief Eugene A. Jones recently promoted three members of the Department. In each of the promotional presentations Fire Chief Jones stated, “This promotion is in recognition of […]