November 2006

LVRS Recieves US Army
Certificate for Meritorious Achievement

Photos courtesy of Dale Klonin, LVRS

For outstanding support to the U.S. Army during a Six Alarm building fire at 4554 Llewellyn Avenue , Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 20 October 2006. The timely and professional response by your station during the fire was instrumental in saving lives and limiting overall loss to the government. The bonds of the fire fighting fraternity are tight and strong as are the mutual aid agreements that link our communities. It is emergencies such as this where we fully understand what a superb resource this represents. Your fire fighters’ dedication to duty reflects highly upon the Laurel Volunteer Rescue Squad, Prince George ’s County, and the State of Maryland . The Fort Meade community and the United States Army are eternally grateful for your assistance.
Army Strong.

Given this 20 day of November 2006

Kenneth O. McCreedy
Colonel, Military Intelligence
Commanding

Bad Weather Day in Maryland leads to a Busy Water Rescue Day

Bad weather brought out the need for more Rescues. These pictures are from 1 of the 7 water rescue calls LVRS ran Thursday, this one was on Brock Bridge Road in Anne Arundel Co. Swiftwater Rescue Team Member Gibson was deployed in the water and found the car to be abandoned. AA279, AA271, Squad 49, WR49 C49A were on the call.

LVRS Members take part in Valuable Training

Nov 4th 2006, LVRS members participated in a valuable Rapid Intervention Crew (RIC) training. The RIC team's job on a fire is to save firefighters and nothing else. Participants went through a refresher on the RIC equipment bag, Something that is standard on every special service in the county. We hope never to use these skills, but that doesn't mean we stop training.

2 1/2 Alarm plus EMS Task Force High Rise Fire