It was difficult to find an empty seat at the April Wheaton and Kensington Chamber of Commerce's 28th Annual Community Awards Banquet at Hollywood East.

During the festivities, KVFD Fire Chief James P. Stanton received an award as Public Safety Officer of the Year. CONGRATS Chief Stanton!

The Holy Cross Academy and KVFD combined their efforts for a vehicle extrication drill. Pictures are in the Gallery.

On Saturday, March 24, Station 5 Volunteers, led by Lt. Hal Cohen, provided a Fire Prevention/Life Safety lecture and apparatus demonstration at Einstein High School Saturday School. (More pictures in the Einstein folder in the Gallery)

Saturday School is part of the George B. Thomas, Sr.  Learning Academy, a tutoring and mentoring program that has been in operation since...  [  more  ]  

A new KVFD Video "A Day at the Station" by Pedro Carvalho has been posted in the Video/Media Center. Click on the link below... 

Excellent work. Thanks to Pedro and John Kelly!

At 1936 hours on Sunday, January 22, 2012, E705-B was dispatched on the Task Force assignment for a fire in the 2000 block of Lyttonsville Road in box area 19-18.  The original dispatch was for smoke coming from a neighbor's house in a community of townhomes in a suburban neighborhood. 

Initial on-scene units found a townhome fully involved in fire and quickly requested a...  [  more  ]  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 3, 2012

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin, and Congressman Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) today announced the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department has been awarded $128,200 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program to pu...  [  more  ]  

Fun was had by all at the inaugural KVFD Quarter Auction, Sunday, November 4 at the Mid-County Recreation Center in Silver Spring, Md.

Several vendors anchored this first event from Pampered Chef; Longaberger Baskets; Tastefully Simple; Tupperware.  The event began at 2:00 PM  and paddle sales started well under the watchful eye of KVFD’s Cathy Laws, Carol Hayden and Loretta  Lec...  [  more  ]  

One story house fire with a full basement and attic with one trapped, one burned and 75% involved as units arrived. After good positioning by responding units, ladder placement and attack lines were deployed quickly and properly. Firefighters performed quick searches for an elderly victim while trying to extinguish a fire that was well developed. The victim was removed through a window that w...  [  more  ]  

Fun was had by all at the First Annual KVFD Golf Tournament on October 21, 2011 at the Montgomery Village Golf Club in Gaithersburg, Md.   Sharon Fowler greeted the intrepid golfers at 8:30 AM and got them ready for the inaugural competition.  Sharon showed her talents as a Coordinator quickly psyching up the teams.  Mulligan sales were bris...  [  more  ]