MEDIA CONTACT: Mark E. Brady, Chief Spokesperson, 240-508-7930
mebrady@co.pg.md.us @PGFDPIO
2015 proved to be a busy year for the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department, however, not as busy as the year before. The Department showed a 3.4% reduction in total unit responses compared to 2014. The Department also responded to about 2000 fewer incidents compared to 2014.
The Department recorded 3 civilian residential fire fatalities of accidental origin. We suffered 5 in 2015 and 13 in 2014. We responded to more and more incidents where occupants described their smoke alarm alerting them to the fire and escaping safely.
Busiest Ambulance - Silver Hill Fire/EMS Station 829 with 5576 responses.
Busiest Medic Unit - District Heights Fire/EMS Station 826 with 4269 responses.
Busiest Paramedic Ambulance - Oxon Hill Fire/EMS Station 821 with 3487 responses.
Busiest Engine Company - Oxon Hill Fire/EMS Station 842 with 4053 responses.
Busiest Rescue Squad - Morningside Fire/EMS Station - 2357 responses.
Busiest Truck - Berwyn HeightsFire/EMS Station - 1102 responses.
Busiest Battalion Chief - Battalion Chief 881 - 1642 responses.
Busiest EMS Supervisor - NEMSDO - 1327 responses.
Busiest Station - Silver Hill Fire/EMS Station 829 - 18,301 responses.
For a complete list of our Fire/EMS Stations and their station number, please click here.
Many thanks to the Dennis Wood, Deputy Fire Chief, Emergency Services Command, for compiling these 2015 end of year statistics.
Dispatched Incidents By Area
829
|
Silver Hill 8676
|
826
|
District Heights 6916
|
825
|
Clinton 6768
|
846
|
Kettering/Largo 6087
|
833
|
Kentland 6048
|
842
|
Oxon Hill 5342
|
834
|
Chillum-Adelphi 5038
|
849
|
Laurel Rescue 4349
|
848
|
West Lanham Hills 4218
|
808
|
Seat Pleasant 3872
|
801
|
Hyattsville 3680
|
810
|
Laurel Fire 3574
|
844
|
Chillum 3542
|
809
|
Bladensburg 3491
|
828
|
West Lanham Hills 3488
|
821
|
Oxon Hill 3303
|
847
|
Fort Washington 3288
|
816
|
Northview 2859
|
823
|
Forestville 2835
|
832
|
Allentown Road 2835
|
855
|
Bunker Hill 2804
|
837
|
Ritchie 2706
|
827
|
Morningside 2664
|
820
|
Upper Marlboro 2617
|
812
|
College Park 2566
|
817
|
Boulevard Heights 2547
|
806
|
St. Joes 2516
|
831
|
Beltsville 2489
|
841
|
Calverton 2417
|
839
|
Bowie-Freestate 2274
|
838
|
Chapel Oaks 2189
|
818
|
Glenn Dale 2054
|
813
|
Riverdale Heights 2012
|
814
|
Berwyn Heights 1990
|
835
|
Greenbelt 1933
|
830
|
Landover Hills 1916
|
811
|
Branchville 1839
|
843
|
Pointer Ridge 1683
|
805
|
Capitol Heights 1631
|
845
|
Croom 1604
|
840
|
Brandywine 1523
|
807
|
Riverdale 1231
|
819
|
Bowie - Old Town 1110
|
824
|
Accokeek 1064
|
858
|
National Harbor 719
|
836
|
Baden 487
|
Grand Total
|
140794
|
Dispatched Unit Responses By Station
(Does not include Chief Officers/Units not assigned to stations)
829
|
18301
|
826
|
17744
|
833
|
11368
|
806
|
10687
|
825
|
10457
|
846
|
10103
|
830
|
9741
|
842
|
9259
|
812
|
9245
|
838
|
9070
|
844
|
8791
|
827
|
8034
|
810
|
7655
|
832
|
7292
|
847
|
7239
|
809
|
7188
|
821
|
7139
|
841
|
6814
|
805
|
6753
|
816
|
6562
|
818
|
6517
|
823
|
6494
|
849
|
6478
|
834
|
6437
|
801
|
6264
|
814
|
6110
|
855
|
5947
|
831
|
5345
|
840
|
5053
|
835
|
4629
|
811
|
4401
|
807
|
4254
|
845
|
3964
|
843
|
3848
|
837
|
3836
|
828
|
3834
|
820
|
3578
|
848
|
3515
|
839
|
3070
|
819
|
3056
|
824
|
2896
|
FM
|
2040
|
813
|
1876
|
836
|
1632
|
808
|
1479
|
817
|
1012
|
853
|
603
|
858
|
109
|
899
|
63
|
857
|
61
|
856
|
49
|
Grand Total
|
297892
|
Dispatched Responses by Unit (Over 1000 per year)
A829
|
5576
|
A826
|
4897
|
A833
|
4450
|
MD826
|
4269
|
A842
|
4254
|
MD829
|
4155
|
PE842
|
4053
|
A846
|
3926
|
A825
|
3906
|
MD830
|
3881
|
A830
|
3768
|
A805
|
3701
|
A832
|
3662
|
A834
|
3652
|
MD812
|
3602
|
A829B
|
3504
|
PA821
|
3487
|
PA823
|
3443
|
MD844
|
3370
|
E833
|
3350
|
PA838
|
3334
|
E828
|
3281
|
A844
|
3275
|
A827
|
3274
|
A826B
|
3249
|
PE846
|
3176
|
A801
|
3140
|
A809
|
3021
|
A806
|
3001
|
A838
|
2981
|
MD846
|
2961
|
MD825
|
2827
|
A847
|
2827
|
PA816
|
2773
|
A841
|
2773
|
A855
|
2768
|
PA806
|
2742
|
PE841
|
2728
|
E821
|
2698
|
A831
|
2675
|
MD818
|
2536
|
A835
|
2531
|
E816
|
2515
|
A807
|
2487
|
E805
|
2458
|
MD810
|
2362
|
SQ827
|
2357
|
E826
|
2306
|
A843
|
2278
|
E829
|
2144
|
PE844
|
2136
|
E809
|
2030
|
MD840
|
1989
|
MD845
|
1968
|
MD847
|
1897
|
E823B
|
1884
|
A839
|
1847
|
A819
|
1839
|
E838
|
1810
|
A848
|
1805
|
A849
|
1761
|
E845
|
1738
|
A812B
|
1687
|
SQ806
|
1677
|
E825
|
1672
|
BO881
|
1642
|
A818
|
1638
|
A820
|
1626
|
E829B
|
1609
|
A849B
|
1601
|
E801
|
1515
|
E806
|
1512
|
BO883
|
1476
|
PE830
|
1465
|
A810
|
1429
|
E834
|
1391
|
SQ814
|
1389
|
A814
|
1359
|
A813
|
1350
|
NEMSDO
|
1327
|
RE827
|
1323
|
A824
|
1323
|
A811
|
1313
|
BO884
|
1297
|
A810B
|
1294
|
BO886
|
1273
|
E835
|
1271
|
E825B
|
1270
|
RE849
|
1243
|
E847
|
1219
|
MP833
|
1214
|
SQ847
|
1187
|
E855
|
1141
|
SEMSDO
|
1129
|
E831
|
1124
|
E812
|
1109
|
TK814
|
1102
|
TW833
|
1090
|
E837B
|
1068
|
BO885
|
1040
|
TK829
|
1024
|
RE840
|
1022
|
E837
|
1020
|
Thank you to all of the people involved in capturing these images and sending them to me or posting on Facebook and Twitter. The images are from incidents and events occurring in 2015.
This is a review of the social media networks maintained by the Public Information Office of the Prince George's County Fire/Emergency Medical Services Department for calendar year 2015.
FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/PGFDPAGE/
12685 Likes
330 average page visits weekly - 17,160 page visits for 2015
20,000 average total reach weekly - 1,040,000 total reach in 2015
2,500 average people engaged weekly - 130,000 people engaged in 2015
TOP 5 Stories on www.PGFDNEWS.com
1. Retired PGFD Deputy Fire Chief Carla D. Blue Passes Away - 10,495 views
2. Firefighter Injured Battling Townhouse Fire - 3,454 views
3. Death Notification of Don "Patch" Aker, Jr. - 3,398 views
4. PGFD Townhouse Fire - father crashes rushing back to his children home alone - 2,610 views
5. Helping a PGFD Fire Lieutenant and Family - 2,306 views
Youtube Account - PGFD800
Top 5 Viewed Videos for 2014
1. Kentland and West Lanham Hills Apparatus Destroyed by Fire - 17,392 views
2. House Fire in 12800 Block of Princeleigh Street - 14,275 views
3. 2-Alarm Townhouse Fire - Greenmeade Way - 4,581 views
4. Market Place Project - Running Hose Lines - 1,681
5. Arson Suspect Video - Tuckers Restaurant - 1,392
@PGFDPIO Twitter Account for 2015
2,814 Tweets in 2015 - average of 7.7 tweets per day
9,216,000 Total Impressions
3,001 New Followers
12,500 Total Followers
TOP FOLLOWER FOLLOWED BY 1.41M PEOPLE
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TOP TWEET EARNED 49.5K IMPRESSIONS
2 pieces of fire apparatus have been lost to this fire. No serious injuries pic.twitter.com/kzcVwjD9OA
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