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On Thursday, March 5 at 5:10 pm Bay District Station 9 and surrounding fire/EMS companies were dispatched for an auto accident with entrapment on St. Andrews Church Road at Indian Bridge Road. Lieutenant 6A was in the area and arrived on scene and reported one vehicle on its roof with one occupant trapped. Chief 3A (D. Burroughs) arrived on scene and established the St. Andrews Church Road Command. ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Monday, January 20, 2020, at approximately 2:40 p.m.,Bay District and surrounding companies were alerted to the area of Patuxent Beach Road and South Patuxent Beach Road in California, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious, with one subject trapped.

E72 (HVFD) was on the air in the area and requested to run the box, E72 arrived to find a multiple vehicle accident with one subject trapped ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Sunday, January 19, 2020, at 12:20 p.m., the volunteers from Bay District along with NAS Patuxent River, and Ridge responded to 47281 Silver Slate Drive in Lexington Park for a house fire.

Safety 9A (J. Gould) arrived on the scene to find a two-story house with smoke showing. E32 arrived and found a kitchen fire, E32's crew quickly extinguished the fire and started overhaul. It was reported that ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Friday, December 20, 2019, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Bay District Stations 9 and 3 responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Exploration Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries.

Crews arrived on the scene to find three vehicles off of the roadway, and one pickup truck towing a large car hauler trailer in the roadway blocking all Northbound lanes of ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Sunday, November 17, 2019, at approximately 4:23 a.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Hollywood, Leonardtown, and Valley Lee responded to 45366 Abell Drive in California, for the reported house on fire.

Units arrived to find a house fully involved in fire. Due to the advancement of the fire a defensive attack was performed. Crews used over 3000 feet of supply hose to connect ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Tuesday, October 22 at 8:49 pm your Bay District Volunteers were alerted to an auto accident with injuries at the intersection of Three Notch Road & Pegg Road. Squad 3, Engine 32, Fire Chief 3 (Wahrenbrock) and Assistant Fire Chief 3 (Burroughs) responded to the incident. Squad 3 arrived and reported a "Head on Style Collision" with entrapment. Squad 3 began extrication as Chief 3A arrived and ... (Full Story & Photos)

Congratulations to the newly elected and appointed officers of Bay District VFD.

Line Officers

Fire Chief – Robert Wahrenbrock
Assistant Fire Chief – Daniel Burroughs
Deputy Fire Chief 3 – Brian Ticson
Deputy Fire Chief 9 – Nicholas Harrison
Captain 3 – Steven Vanness
Captain 9 – David Martoni
Lieutenant 3 – Sean Hendrickson
Lieutenant 9 – Curtis King
Sergeant 3A – James Tippett
Sergeant 9A – Jason ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 7:25 pm your Volunteers from Bay District were alerted to the area of Quatman Road in Lexington Park for a water rescue. As units began to respond the ECC (Emergency Communications Center) began to give additional details, a swimmer was in a pond off of Quatman Road and has not been seen in 30 minutes. Chief 3A (D. Burroughs) was responding and requested additional resources, bringing Raft 5 for ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 09:22 Bay District Station 9, Leonardtown VFD, Lexington Park VRS, Leonardtown VRS and St. Mary’s Advanced Life Support were dispatched to the 44000 block of St. Andrews Church Road for an auto accident with injuries. As units were responding they were advised the patient was unconscious. First arriving Chief 3A (D. Burroughs) found the driver of the vehicle to unresponsive with no pulse. Chief ... (Full Story & Photos)