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…
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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!
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On Saturday, November 24th at 3:34 pm, the BCCRS Heavy Rescue Squad (RS741) and ambulance (A726), along with units from Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fire Department, were dispatched for a traffic accident with an initial report of one person pinned in their vehicle on I-270 Northbound between I-495 and Old Georgetown Road.
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Earlier today, Rescue Squad 741, Ambulance 741 and Medic 741 responded with units from Montgomery County Fire & Rescue, NIH and Walter Reed National Medical Center to a house fire on Roosevelt Street. The fire was quickly extinguished by units on scene. Fire investigators ruled the cause as electrical in nature and…
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Rescue squad firefighters spent the weekend with Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad, Inc. training on advanced vehicle stabilization and extrication techniques involving heavy trucks. With the close proximity to the beltway and high volume of traffic in the DC Metro area, these calls are more common than one may think. Thanks to Mid-Atlantic Technical…
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BCCRS sent two volunteer firefighters to Virginia Beach for an 8 day, 80 hour FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency Structural Collapse Specialist class last week.
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Earlier tonight, members of Roving Night Crew and a few others conducted a company drill involving Rescue Squad 741, Ambulance 741 Bravo, and Medic 741. The crews responded to a motor vehicle collision with multiple patients trapped. Utilizing the specialty tools on the squad and ambulances, firefighters removed the trapped…
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Members of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad would like to ask you one simple question…In a house fire, are you safer sleeping with your bedroom doors open or closed?
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Our annual open house featured tours of apparatus, a demonstration of a vehicle extrication, arts and crafts for kids, as well as numerous public safety vehicles from our partner agencies.
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Just prior to 1:00 AM on Wednesday morning, RS741 and A741C were dispatched with Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue and federal mutual aid units from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a house fire on Whittier Boulevard in Bethesda. First arriving units announced a large amount of…
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