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St. Marys County Fire/EMS Scanner Feed
2024 Incidents |
January | 22 | | |
February | 14 | | |
March | 18 | | |
April | 28 | | |
May | 25 | | |
June | 28 | | |
July | 27 | | |
August | 27 | | |
September | 33 | | |
October | 22 | | |
November | 24 | | |
December | 3 | | |
Total | 271 | | |
2023 Incidents |
January | 13 |
February | 17 |
March | 20 |
April | 17 |
May | 15 |
June | 26 |
July | 23 |
August | 25 |
September | 26 |
October | 23 |
November | 16 |
December | 18 |
Total | 239 |
2022 Incidents |
Jan | 28 |
Feb | 16 |
Mar | 17 |
Apr | 21 |
May | 21 |
Jun | 18 |
Jul | 37 |
Aug | 24 |
Sept | 24 |
Oct | 17 |
Nov | 22 |
Dec | 20 |
Total | 265 |
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Holiday Travel Safety Tips
Vise President / Lieutenant Scot Best, December 09
While the Southern Maryland roadsmay not be snow-covered this holiday season, your travel destination could be different. Road safety is important. The biggest weather hazard during the winter months is icy, snow-covered, and wet roads, so you need to be prepared when traveling for the holidays. The best way to counter this hazard is to slow down. You want to do everything slower and lighter than ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Holiday Décor Hazards
Vice President / Lieutenant Scot Best, December 02
Nothing spreads cheer quite like holiday decorations, but care must be used to ensure your festive winter décor is fire-safe. Candles are widely used in homes throughout the holidays, which means December is the peak month for home candle fires. One-third (33%) of home decoration fires are started by candles. If you’re decorating with candles this holiday season, consider using the battery-operated ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Thanksgiving Cooking Safety
Vice President / Lieutenant Scot Best, November 25
On Thanksgiving Day, many families customarily spend the holiday inside their home or at the home of a friend or family member with the family dinner being the highlight of the day. Thanksgiving is the leading day for home fires involving cooking equipment, at three times the average number per day.
• An estimated 2,000 Thanksgiving Day fires in residential buildings are reported to U.S. fire departments ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Home Heating Safety
Vice President / Lieutenant Scot Best, November 14
Heating equipment is a leading cause of fires in U.S. homes. Local fire departments responded to an estimated average of 48,530 fires involving heating equipment each year in 2014-2018. These fires resulted in annual losses of 500 deaths, 1,350 injuries, and $1.1 billion in direct property damage. The leading factor contributing to home heating fires was failure to clean, principally from solid-fueled ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Announcement of the Passing of Past Auxiliary Member Mary Ann Norris
RVFD Membership, November 07
The officers and members of the Ridge Volunteer Fire Department and Auxiliary regret to announce the passing of Past Auxiliary Member Mary Ann Norris on November 2, 2024.
Please keep Life Member Emerick Norris and family in your thoughts as they go through this difficult time. May she rest in peace.
Arrangements are being handled by Brinsfield Funeral Home.
Mary Ann's arrangements: Monday, 11 ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Statewide Burn Ban
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, November 05
Dry, windy conditions have increased fire risk across the state and fueled ongoing wildfires
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is implementing a statewide ban on open air burning, effective today, November 1, in all Maryland counties.
Extremely dry conditions persist across the state and have led to an above average number of wildfires statewide, and conditions are not expected to change ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Understanding fire behavior through live fire flashover training
Vice President / Lieutenant Scot Best, November 03
This morning, several RVFD members participated in a live fire flashover simulation, hosted by Bay District VFD (BDVFD). The flashover simulator allows instructors to demonstrate fire behavior from incipient stage to flashover, helping firefighters learn to recognize the signs of a pending flashover event. This enables training in the recognition of rollover conditions (i.e., predecessor to a flashover ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Electrical Fire Safety
Vice President / Lieutenant Scot Best, November 01
Electricity helps make our lives easier but there are times when we can take its power and its potential for fire-related hazards for granted. Lighting to improve the look and safety of our homes, electric tools to make our outdoor work easier, and power lines to our home, all need to be handled with care. When working with, and using, electricity, we need to be cautious and keep safety in mind.
According ... (Full Story & Photos)
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