Having working smoke alarms and residential fire sprinklers play a large role in you and your loved ones surviving a fire in your home. Ano...

We are sticking with the heating safety related theme for obvious reasons.  Below, please find a great video on Portable Heater Safety from ...

Having working smoke alarms and residential fire sprinklers play a large role in you and your loved ones surviving a fire in your home. Ano...

This week is Arson Awareness Week and the theme this year is “Reducing Residential Arson.”  Below please find some information from our part...

Hopefully all of you are having a happy and SAFE Fire Prevention Week.  A couple of items I believe you will find of interest. Think you...

Fall has been in the air this past week and today it is officially here!  With the cooler air also comes the start of home heating fire se...

How many of you know that September is National Preparedness Month?  This year’s theme is “ Pledge to Prepare - Awareness to Action .”  Fi...

Did you know that this week is National Arson Awareness Week?  The theme this year is: Prevent Youth Firesetting. To learn more about th...

Fireplace and wood-stove ashes retain enough heat to ignite other combustible materials for several days after a fire. It is important to ...

Install and Maintain Smoke Alarms. It’s the LAW! Rockville - - - Montgomery County fire officials have confirmed that there were no work...

Our friends at the US Fire Administration have some great fire safety tips for the holiday season.  No matter which holiday you celebrate d...

In light of yesterday’s tragic house fire in Potomac that has seriously injured an 85 year old man, I thought it prudent to pass along some ...

By: Daniel the Intern Here at the MCFRS, I hear about smoke alarms almost everyday and how crucial they are to surviving a fire.  Although ...

I am going to copy and paste below an important message from the United States Fire Administration (USFA) as it relates to smoke alarms.  I...

It appears some sort of winter storm is headed our way for tomorrow and Thursday. At this point in time, the weather people are saying there...

By: Daniel the Intern The Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service website is a great place for fire safety tips and prevention strate...

This past Friday, MCFRS responded to an apartment fire on Quince Orchard Boulevard in Gaithersburg. A women occupant of the apartment called...

As many of you are aware, each Saturday the women and men of Montgomery County Fire and Rescue go door to door in their various communities ...

A properly maintained smoke alarm will work forever, right? Not so fast! IT’S A FACT: All hardwired or battery-operated smoke alarms, inst...

Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: Public Safety Training Academy 9710 Great Seneca Highway Rockville, Maryland ...