Approximately 35 career, volunteer and retired personnel representing Prince George`s County were in Bridgeport Connecticut to honor the passing of Lt. Velasquez at his funeral on Friday, July 30, 2010. Andy Pantelis, President of IAFF Local 1619 stated, “It was with great sadness that the Officers and Members of IAFF Local 1619 announced the death […]

Just after 3:00 pm firefighters from Oxon Hill and surrounding communities were alerted to a house fire.  Fire/EMS units arrived at 5604 Miles Drive in the Forest Heights subdivision of Oxon Hill.  The house is a 1 1/2 story, with basement, Cape Cod, single family home which has been without electrical power since the powerful storm of Sunday […]

A powerful storm rolled through Prince George’s County Sunday afternoon packing high winds and rain. The storm left a path of destruction in its path and 1 death. Clean-up efforts continued into Tuesday with public works and utility companies clearing trees and lines downed by the storm. Thousands lost power and phone service and commuters […]

An Upper Marlboro family benefited from two early indicators of danger in their home early Monday morning. Just before 4:00 am, Monday, July 26, 2010, an apparent electrical malfunction ignited a fire in the basement of a home in the 17800 block of Central Avenue. As the fire slowly spread, smoke started to fill the […]