Effective immediately, we will no longer be accepting recycled cans at the fire station. Please feel free to take those items to the Shady Grove Processing Facility and Transfer Station which is located at: 16101 Frederick Road Derwood MD 20855 240-777-0311 For more information please go to: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/sws/dropoff/
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In a house fire, are you safer sleeping with your bedroom doors open or closed? See the dramatic, life-saving difference a door can make. #CloseBeforeYouDoze In case of fire, a closed-door can isolate the fire’s flow, reduce room temperature and keep carbon monoxide levels down. “Close Before You Doze” aims to…
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Please join us for some free fun at the Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department (BVFD) annual Open House on Sunday, October 13, Noon – 4 pm, 13900 Old Columbia Pike (Briggs Chaney near Route 29). The BVFD proudly opens our doors (and our trucks!) to the community, offering free fun and…
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Representatives of Safety One are currently in the process of conducting the Annual Portrait Fundraiser, to raise funds for the BURTONSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AUXILIARY. Although the BVFD does not engage in telephone solicitation; please be assured this annual, door to door portrait fundraiser is 100% endorsed by our organization….
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Join us and the Burtonsville VFD Auxiliary on July 28, 2019, and donate blood at our American Red Cross Blood Drive. Blood donation is a community responsibility. – Blood is needed every two seconds. – About one in seven people entering a hospital needs blood. – Blood is always needed for…
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Dear Neighbors, The Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department would like to make you aware of the fund drive letter we mailed to you around May 15, 2019. By now you should have received the pictured letter in the mail. Although the BVFD does not engage in telephone solicitation, please be assured…
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Just after 10 PM, on April 9, 2019, Engine and Truck 715 were alerted to the 3200 block of Automobile Blvd for the automatic fire alarm. Units arrived to investigate and found the working fire, filling out the initial box alarm with surrounding units. Due to the extensive fire as…
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Congratulations to the four BVFD Members who successfully completed the Maryland Emergency Medical Technician course offered by MFRI at the HoCo Academy! Jonathan Miller Samantha Lustig Edwin Rodriguez Yasmine Sosmath EMT continues to grow into a more and more challenging, time-demanding, college-level course in which each student must: Successfully complete a 165+…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BVFD Places Order for new Heavy Rescue Squad Silver Spring, MD – Wednesday, January 16, 2019 – The Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department officially placed an order for a new E-ONE Heavy Rescue Squad through their regional vendor, Patriot Fire, LLC of Grasonville, Maryland. The BVFD is proud…
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