On Thursday, February 14th at just after 7pm RS741 was dispatched along with M741, units from the National Institutes of Health, as well as MCFRS, for a collision at Rockville Pike and Cedar Lane.  Units arrived to find a Metro bus that had collided head-on with a traffic light post. …

On Saturday morning, February 8th, RS741 was dispatched along with numerous units from MCFRS, NIH and Walter Reed, for a reported building fire on Rockledge Drive.  Several callers reported smoke coming from the roof of an office building.  Chief 741E also responded on the call.   Upon arrival, crews found…

Congratulations to our fall EMT & Firefighter graduates! We had a total of 13 probationary members who successfully completed the courses at the Public Safety Training Academy this semester. Special congratulations go to Michael Celone, who received the top academic achievement award in his EMT class. EMT #148 Gregory Flynn…

Early Sunday morning, Rescue Squad 741 Bravo responded with units from Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue to an early morning collision on the Inner Loop of 495 just before Rockville Pike. A tractor trailer lost control on the curve and jack-knifed off the road. Nobody was injured, but the diesel fuel…

Most Frequent Calls Include Auto Accidents, Injured Persons and Cardiac Emergencies Bethesda, MD—The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad responded to 8,279 calls in 2018, making it one of the busiest fire/rescue/EMS stations in Montgomery County.   On average, BCCRS responded to 23 calls per day—or nearly one call every hour of every…

The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad held its 2018 Member Recognition Ceremony on Saturday, December 8th at the Imagination Stage in Bethesda. Imagination Stage sits on the piece of land that was home to BCCRS’s Auburn Avenue Headquarters many years ago!