Christmas Tree Fundraiser Sale  Updated 11/19/2022 The Berwyn Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad holds our Annual Christmas Trees Fundraiser Sale in the rear parking lot of the Firehouse. This decades-old tradition is one of our most important fundraisers of the year, and would like to thank everyone for…

It is with profound sadness that the Berwyn Heights Volunteer regrets to announce the sudden death of active volunteer Firefighter Michael Guido. . Michael J. Guido, 25, of Brighton Twp., died Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at UPMC Children’s Hospital, due to complications following surgery. Born January 26, 1997, he was…

Oct 11th- Volunteers staffing Rescue Squad 14 were alerted to the high-rise building fire in the 9300Blk of Cherry Hill Rd in College Park. Units arrived to find On-scene crews found a fire in the trash chute & heavy smoke conditions on floors 7 & above , a 2nd Alarm…

Oct 9th- Volunteers staffing Rescue Squad 14 & Chief 14A were alerted to the 8500Blk of Greenbelt Rd in Greenbelt for a reported Apartment Fire. On scene, crews found a 3-story multi-family dwelling with smoke & fire showing from the 2nd floor. 1 adult patient was removed & transported w/life…

Sept 27th– Volunteers staffing Ladder Truck 14 & Paramedic Ambulance 14 were dispatched to the 5300-block of Hamilton St. in Bladensburg for a reported apartment fire. Units arrived to find fire showing from the 2nd floor. Truck 14 crews operated with Bladensburg VFD to extinguish the fire and search for…

Sept 21st- Rescue Squad 14, operating as the County’s northside Technical Rescue Support Team, was alerted to assist units on the scene of a trench rescue in the area of Rossborough Ln and Rhode Island Avenue. College Park VFD Truck 12’s aerial as a high directional to hoist the worker…

Sept. 17th- At appx 520pm, volunteers staffing Rescue Squad 14B were alerted to the area on 6th Street and Main Street in Lanham for a reported house on fire. Units arrived to find a 1-story, single-family home with fire showing. Photos courtesy PGFD    

Sept 19th- Volunteers staffing Ladder Truck 14 & Ambulance 14B were alerted to the 9100Blk of Springhill Lane in Greenbelt for a first due ox alarm. Truck 14 arrived to find fire showing from a two-story middle-of-the-row townhouse. During interior operations, crews found fire in the attic that extended into…

Sept 9th- Ladder Truck 14 operated as the first due truck in the 4900 Blk of Willes Vision Dr in Co. 18 (Glenn Dale) area for a Working House Fire. TK14 split crews with the outside team securing utilities and laddering the structure. The inside team conducted searches and assisted…

Sept 1st-  Ladder Truck 14 and its volunteer crew operated as the first due truck to the 5400 Blk of 85th Ave in Co. 28s (West Lanham Hills) area for an apartment fire with people trapped. The first arriving units had fire showing from a 3-story garden apartment and multiple…