Tournament Dates:

FEBRUARY 25                 MARCH 31     

APRIL 28                          MAY 26

AUGUST 25                     SEPTEMBER 29

OCTOBER 27                  NOVEMBER 24

All tournaments require a $125.00 buy in, $95.00 will go to the prize pool and $30.00 will go to the Department. Free food and drinks will be provided during the tournaments. Must be 21 to play. Doors open at 5:30 pm, cards will be dealt at 7:00 pm. Reservations may be made by calling (301) 609-7500.

We were alerted to respond for the report of smoke coming from a building at 10225 Berry Road in Waldorf.  Truck 1 responded with 4 volunteers.  First arriving units from Waldorf found a single story car wash with smoke showing from the control room.  Truck 1 forced entry for the Engine companies to advance in on the utility room that was off.  Truck 1's roof team completed vertical ventilation over the fire room, while the interior team completed the searches and secured the utilities.  Truck 1 remained on the scene for another hour completing salvage and overhaul duties while the Fire Marshal investigated the cause.  Truck 1 returned to La Plata at 0943 hours. 

We were alerted to respond for the report of a house on fire with entrapment at 917 Copley Avenue in Waldorf.  Truck 1, E12, Chief 1 and Chief 1A responded with 7 volunteers.  First arriving units from Waldorf found smoke showing from a single family, split foyer dwelling.  Truck 1 arrived and forced entry for the engine companies, and then began an aggressive search effort for the reported trapped occupants.  E12 arrived and took a side Charlie position and advanced a line through the basement entrance to extinguish the room off in the Delta Quadrant.  The primary and secondary searches proved negative due to the fact that the occupants had jumped out windows prior to the arrival of the FD units.  All units were held on the scene for 2 hours completing salvage, overhaul, and assisting the Fire Marshal.  The units returned to La Plata at 1030 hours.

Members in the station were monitoring the county radio activity when they heard Communications contact Waldorf RS3 and advise them that they were dispatching a first due house fire for them.  Knowing the area, the members mounted the Truck and started North.  The dispatch was for a report of a house on fire at 3245 Indian King Court.  First arriving RS3 found smoke showing from the front and fire showing from the rear of a single story duplex.  The Truck and Chief marked on the scene seconds later and assisted the engine companies with opening up, searching and venting the fire building and the exposure.  Chief 1 was assigned the Interior division and led companies in both strucures.  Command held Co. 3, 12, and Truck 1 for salvage and overhaul operations after the investigation was complete.  The Truck and Chief returned to La Plata around 1830 hours with no injuries from the fire ground, just a little bit frozen.  Good Job to all on a cold and very windy day.

We were alerted to respond for the report of a house on fire at 7362 Woodhaven Drive in La Plata.  E11, E12, Truck 1, Tanker 1, Chief 1A, and Chief 1B responded with 13 volunteers.  First arriving Chief 1A found a single story, single family structure with smoke showing, and established the Command.  Command quickly interviewed the homeowner who stated that the fire was in the basement.  Due to not basement access from the exterior E11 advanced a line down the interior stairwell while E102 held the first floor.  E11's crew found a living room off in the D quadrant of the basement and extinguished the same.  Truck 1 with Chief 1B were assigned to open up and vent the basement for E11.  Searches were completed by Truck 1 and Squad 10 which all proved to be negative.  E102 confirmed no extension to the first floor in the D quadrant.  With no extension found, and all searches negative, Command scaled back the incident to Co. 1 and 10 to await the investigator.  The FM arrived and determined the cause, and then turned the scene back over to the crews to finish overhaul.  All units were released by 1600 hours with no injuries to the members or civilians.  Excellent Job to all of the members that operated on this incident.

Truck Company 1 was alerted to 4077 Old Washington Rd for a report of a chimney fire.  First arriving units found smoke showing from the single family structure.  Truck 1 positioned on side alpha, dividing the crews between roof and interior operations.  Units in the attic discovered a crack in the chimney, emitting high heat and smoke into the attic area.  Interior units advised command of the conditions and the decision was made to remove the brick wall partition inside the home.  After removing the brick partition, fire was found in a void space in between the chimney and brick wall, burning from the chimney into the attic area.  The fire was knocked with no extension.  Overhaul was completed by members of Truck 1 and Squad 2.  Units operating on the fire ground then packed up and returned to service. 

Several citizens pulled onto our property reporting a motor vehcile accident with an overturned vehicle on Crain Highway at Shining Willow Way.  RE13, C1 and C1B repsonded with 8 volunteers.  E11, E12, and C1A responded moments later with an additional 6 volunteers.  All units arrived to find a 2 vehicle accident with an overturned vehicle with one trapped occupant.  C1 established Command and assigned C1A as the Rescue Group Supervisor.  The crew of RE13 stabilized the vehicle and extricated the patient within minutes. The patient was handed over to awaiting EMS crews that transported the patient to the landing zone at our station that was handled by E12.  Units were back in service by 1235 hours.

We were alerted to respond for a motor vehicle accident with entrapment on Port Tobacco Road at Mill Swamp Road in Welcome.  RE13 responded with 4 volunteers.  First arriving Duty Officer 4 found a single vehicle overturned with one occupant pinned inside.  RE13 arrived, stabilized the vehicle and then began extrication.  E11 responded with an additional 4 volunteers to handle the landing zone, but were rerouted to the scene to assist with extrication.  The occupant was pronounced prior to the completion of extrication efforts. All crews were halted in their actions, and  Command held the units from Co. 8 to assist MSP. RE13 and E11 returned to La Plata at 0900 hours.

We would like to thank all of the citizens, and participants that came out to our open house.  We hope each of you learned something about Fire Prevention, Crime Prevention, and Fire Sprinklers.  Special thanks goes to RC DeGruy for the use of your beautiful pictures.

We were alerted to respond for the report of a house on fire at 11635 Farm Drive in Dentsville.  E12, Tanker 1 and Chief 1B responded with 6 volunteers.  First arriving Chief 10 found fire showing from a 2 story cape cod style farm house.  E12 arrived second due and advanced a back up line to Division 1.  Chief 1B was assigned the operations group supervisor.  Tanker 1 assisted at the water supply site with rural water supply operations.  Once the fire was out on Division 1, Chief 1B led the attack on Division 2 with opening up the knee walls and finally knocking all of the fire down.  The crews remained on the scene for several hours completing overhaul.  Special Thanks to RC DeGruy for the photos.