Saturday, May 25, 2013  Silver Alerts really do work!! Life member Ed Stoner was on his way to 28 and noticed a disabled vehicle on Rt 410 near Annapolis road and stopped to help. Ed saw he was out of gas and also that he matched the description of the Silver Alert put out last night. Ed gave the police a call and called the station to get him some gasoline. This man indeed was the missing/lost person and the police took him back to be reunited with his family while we temporarily parked his vehicle at station 28 until a family member came back and pick it up. GREAT JOB to Ed the guys for helping out any citizen in need and being aware of things out of the normal. The photo shows Life member Billy Padgett Jr putting gas in the car.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  West Lanham Hills VFD has set up an account for Lt Ryan Emmons. This account will only contain contributions to benefit Ryan Emmons. Anyone interested in making a contribution should make checks payable to: WLHVFD c/o Ryan Emmons, contributions should be mailed to: WLHVFD, PO Box 1348, Lanham, Md. 20703 or you can pay via Paypal just click the link below:
 
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=PSK5DAZLWQFPJ
For all the ones asking about cards, cards and any other items can also be sent to same address and we will hand deliver them to Ryan. 


 
 
 

Saturday, May 18, 2013  Just after 4am the rescue local was dispatched for the inner loop of 495 near the B&W Parkway sending Engine 48, Engine 28, and Chief 28B to the scene. Units found a crash with one ejected from the vehicle. The victim was transported to the hospital and treated as a trauma. 


Just before 5am the crash was dispatched for NB Veterans Pkwy over Rt 50 with a reported one trapped. Engine 28 and Chief 28B found a crash with one trapped in the vehicle. Units operated on the scene for about 30 minutes and the victim was transported to the area hospital as a trauma. 

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Congrats to one of our own. Like a proud dad, we announce that Corporal Ben Conner is the PGPD’s newest and youngest Pilot-in-Command. 

The Prince George’s County Police Department is proud to announce that Corporal Ben Conner is the PGPD’s newest and youngest Pilot-in-Command. He earned the title on May 8th, 2013, which also happened to be his 30th birthday. The accomplishment capped off nine months of intensive training. 

Corporal Conner has long had an interest in aviation. In 1997, at the age of 16, he was given his first familiarization flight by PGPD Corporal Steve Grimes. Corporal Grimes was on hand yesterday to congratulate Corporal Conner upon his landing.

Corporal Conner earned his fixed wing license in Bowie and became an instructor for many years. In 2009, he joined the US Army Reserves, allowing him to continue his aviation training, both at Fort Eustis, Virginia, and Fort Rucker, Alabama. The seven-year PGPD veteran is currently assigned to the Special Operations Division’s Aviation Section.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  In the past 24 hours Station 28 has been dispatched to 9 different accidents in the first due. Please keep in mind that other incidents were also going on in the first due while we were on other calls to include a crash with people trapped at Riverdale Rd and Martins Ln Friday about 1245 pm while we were on a box alarm for a reported house fire. 


Take your time and watch out for the other guy. Allow extra time for travel and pay attention to your surroundings. You can only guarantee your actions, not the other drivers.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Twin #1, E281 stops in at the station for the first time.  Members at both stations are working on the hose racking for each unit.  

Thursday, May 9, 2013  at 11:16pm Station 28 was dispatched for a crash on Pennsy Dr and Veterans Pkwy. Engine 28 arrived to find one on its side and the driver trapped. The Rescue Squad stabilized the vehicle and flapped the roof down to removed the driver while the engine had a charged hoseline in place. The driver was transported to the hospital and units cleared the scene just before midnight.