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Basement fire in Company 48’s area with a report of a trapped person

Posted by Bill Carey on May 3, 2013 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Engine Company, fire, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", engine, engine company, engine company operations, size-up, videos, West Lanham, West Lanham Volunteer Fire Department

Kentland Working: Fatal Fire in Glenarden

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Multiple victims found during the primary search

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Posted by Bill Carey on February 21, 2013 • Filed under: fire, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", Glenarden, Kentland, Landover, Marc Bashoor, Mark Brady, occupants, occupants trapped, primary search, rescue, search, videos

P.G. Working:
Helmet Cam Teaser of Riverdale Fire

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Friday night in the 4th Battalion

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Posted by Bill Carey on January 12, 2013 • Filed under: Engine Company, fire, Fires, News • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "helmet camera", "PGFD", "Prince George's County Fire EMS", Bladensburg, engine company, helmet cam, Hyattsville, Mark Brady, Rivdedale, Riverdale Heights, video

Why We Search:
Upper Marlboro, Maryland

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Fatal fire in Company 20's first due

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 28, 2012 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", abandoned, search, Upper Marlboro, vacant, Why We Search

P.G. Working:
Three Alarms at Co.28 Apartment Fire (Videos, Images)

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Precautionary third alarm as fire takes two floors of garden apartment

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 27, 2012 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: "apartment fire", "Berwyn Heights", "Bill Carey", "garden-style apartment", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "truck company", Billy McNeel, fire photographers, fire photography, garden apartments, Hyattsville, Kentland, Mark Brady, sizeup, truck company operations, West Lanham

Expect Fire:
Sunday in Prince George’s County

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Busy morning highlights need to be mentally prepared

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 15, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "Dave LeBlanc", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "Prince George's County Fire EMS", Beltsville, Bladensburg, Branchville, Brentwood, Bunker Hill, Expect Fire, Hyattsville, Kentland, Largo, Mark Brady, sizeup

“Expect Fire” Kentland
Smoke Showing at the AFA

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There’s a different smell coming from Eight O’Clock Coffee

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 10, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Dispatch, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "PGFD", Combat Ready, Expect Fire, Kentland, sizeup, sizeup report, Traditions Training, training

PG Working, Updated:
Duplex Fire with Rescues (Videos)

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Capitol Heights fire with two rescued in critical condition.

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Posted by Bill Carey on August 8, 2012 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "PGFD", "Prince George's County Fire EMS", Capitol Heights, Chapel Oaks, Kentland, Mark Brady, primary search, rescue, Ritchie, search and rescue, Seat Pleasant, West Lanham

Comment About a P.G. County Firehouse

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Could the same be said of your department?

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 29, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Commentary, Fire Rescue Topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "leadership management", "PGFD", Hyattsville, leadership, public image, videos

Hyattsville Working:
Truck 1 Supports Technical Rescue

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Three people rescued from high water on 38th Street.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 2, 2012 • Filed under: Firefighting Operations, News, Rescues, Special Operations, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "PGFD", Hyattsville, Mark Brady, Paul Hawkins, photography, rescue, special operations, Technical Rescue, training, video, water rescue

New Color Scheme for PGFEMS Apparatus

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County-owned apparatus faces new look after years old design.

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Posted by Bill Carey on February 21, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, News, Vehicle Operations & Apparatus • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "PGFD", apparatus, fire apparatus

Trabajo lateral del carro de Charlie

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Side Charlie truck work.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 13, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "apartment fire", "Brotherhood Instructors", "College Park", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "tower ladder", "truck company", Beltsville, Branchville, Chillum-Adelphi, communications, Hyattsville, ladder companies, ladders, roof ventilation, sizeup, sizeup report, truck company operations, ventilation

P.G. Working:
Two-Alarm Langley Park Apartment Fire

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Numerous calls for the 1400 block of University Boulevard.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 11, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: "apartment fire", "Bill Carey", "College Park", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "truck company", Chillum-Adelphi, Hyattsville, ladders, Mark Brady, truck company operations

P.G. Working:
Laurel 2-Alarm Apartment Fire

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PIO Brady with photos and video from Saturday's 6th Battalion fire.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 1, 2011 • Filed under: Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News • Tagged: "apartment fire", "garden-style apartment", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", Laurel, Mark Brady, second alarm

Misguided Anger

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Sometimes reality needs to smack you like a 2 x 4 to the head.

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 8, 2011 • Filed under: Commentary, Communication, Learning Behavior, Philosophy, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "public education", "public information", "public relations", "social media", "social networking", Evansville, media, public image, rescues

PGFEMS Chief Bashoor, County Executive Baker and Career Recruit School Run for NFFF

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County chief continues to show rank is no excuse for not being physically fit.

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Posted by Bill Carey on August 14, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, EMS Health & Safety, Firefighter Safety & Health, News, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Andy Fredericks Training Days", "Bill Carey", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "Prince George's County Fire EMS", cardiovascular fitness, firefighter health, health, leadership, Marc Bashoor, Mark Brady, NFFF, physical fitness, physical training, recruit school, recruits, training academy

For The Inner-Squirrel In Many of You

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It's coming…

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Posted by Bill Carey on August 10, 2011 • Filed under: News, Vehicle Operations & Apparatus, Videos • Tagged: "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "tower ladder", apparatus, Kentland

For You P.G. Apparatus Fans…

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Tower 33 rehab featured in FireRescue Magazine’s latest apparatus column.

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Posted by Bill Carey on July 21, 2011 • Filed under: News, Vehicle Operations & Apparatus • Tagged: "PGFD", "PGFEMS", apparatus, Hyattsville, Kentland

More ‘Bunkroom Articles’ From FDLiveIn.com

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Latest in managing a live-in program tackles the slow times in quarters.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 16, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Learning Behavior, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "leadership management", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", FDLiveIn, Hyattsville, live-in, personnel, training

More ‘Bunkroom Articles’ From FDLiveIn.com

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Latest in managing a live-in program recognizes morale and dinner.

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Posted by Bill Carey on April 23, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Learning Behavior, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "leadership management", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", Bladensburg, bunkroom, character, communications, FDLiveIn, live-in, morale, personnel, training

P.G. Working: Transformer Blast, Fire Underneath P.G. Plaza Mall

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Hyattsville first due on the fire in the Plaza tunnel.

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Posted by Bill Carey on April 16, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "fire behavior", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", Hyattsville, sizeup

More Truck Appreciation: Brooklyn Apartment Fire With Cops, Tortoise Trapped and P.G. Tower Crew Rescues Bird Stuck In Tree

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Squad 1 takes in a fire that claimed a tortoise and PG’s Tower 43 rescues a bird.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 22, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "public education", "public information", "public relations", Bowie, Brooklyn, fdny, rescue

Bailey and the Tinhelmet Evolution.

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A change to his site and why this is important to you.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 10, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Commentary, Communication, Education, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Philosophy, Strategy Reconsidered, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "Charles Bailey", "engine companies" engine, "fire behavior", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "standard operating procedures", Branchville, debate, Education, Tinhelmet

P.G. Working, Again: Two Alarm Fire In Landover, Updated

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Another apartment fire, another two alarms.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 1, 2011 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", safety

Can You Hear Me Now? Staying Alive: Prince George’s County Fire, EMS Department Unveils Mobile Mayday Simulator

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New Technical Services Battalion uses department box truck to create a complex mayday classroom.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 1, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Learning Behavior, Rescues, Technology & Communications, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Vehicle Operations & Apparatus, Videos • Tagged: "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "rapid intervention", communicating, communications, Education, mayday, training

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Archives for pgfd

P.G. Working:
Pre-Arrival and First-In Videos of Lanham Fire

Kentland Working: Fatal Fire in Glenarden

P.G. Working:
Helmet Cam Teaser of Riverdale Fire

Why We Search:
Upper Marlboro, Maryland

P.G. Working:
Three Alarms at Co.28 Apartment Fire (Videos, Images)

Expect Fire:
Sunday in Prince George’s County

“Expect Fire” Kentland
Smoke Showing at the AFA

PG Working, Updated:
Duplex Fire with Rescues (Videos)

Comment About a P.G. County Firehouse

Hyattsville Working:
Truck 1 Supports Technical Rescue

New Color Scheme for PGFEMS Apparatus

Trabajo lateral del carro de Charlie

P.G. Working:
Two-Alarm Langley Park Apartment Fire

P.G. Working:
Laurel 2-Alarm Apartment Fire

PGFEMS Chief Bashoor, County Executive Baker and Career Recruit School Run for NFFF

For The Inner-Squirrel In Many of You

For You P.G. Apparatus Fans…

More ‘Bunkroom Articles’ From FDLiveIn.com

More ‘Bunkroom Articles’ From FDLiveIn.com

P.G. Working: Transformer Blast, Fire Underneath P.G. Plaza Mall

More Truck Appreciation: Brooklyn Apartment Fire With Cops, Tortoise Trapped and P.G. Tower Crew Rescues Bird Stuck In Tree

Bailey and the Tinhelmet Evolution.

P.G. Working, Again: Two Alarm Fire In Landover, Updated

Can You Hear Me Now? Staying Alive: Prince George’s County Fire, EMS Department Unveils Mobile Mayday Simulator

Backstep Firefighter on Facebook…

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