In response to this rapid growth and response activity the Chillum Adelphi VFD began work on a sub station in 1962. Many apartment complexes, residential neighborhoods, and shopping centers were constructed. The rapid expansion of the metropolitan Washington DC area had a great effect on Co.
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This tax money helped pay for three full time firefighters hired in 1955.īy 1962 the CAVFD was the second busiest volunteer fire department in the State of Maryland. 34 to receive tax money raised from its first due area. This bill established a fire tax for the area and allowed Co. In 1955 the CAVFD fought for the passing of a tax bill in the Maryland House of Delegates.
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Members living at the station trade off having no living expenses (Rent, phone, electric, etc.) for staffing during their free time.During the years following the establishment of the Chillum Adelphi VFD the department underwent rapid growth and change. On average 15 to 20 members live at the firehouse, something unique to metropolitan DC volunteer departments. In addition there is a game/workout room and offices for both operational and administrative officers.
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The firehouse also has all the normal necessities found in a home such as a TV room, two kitchens and 4 bathrooms. Living accommodations include room for 25 live-in members, 17 of which are single person rooms. The station has three double bays and two single bays where all fire apparatus is stored. Kentland 33 is located at 7701 Landover Road in Landover, Maryland. Kentland prides itself in providing superior service to it’s community including aggressive interior attack firefighting. The average experience of the department is 12 years and many of the members are paid firefighters with departments in the metropolitan area such as the DCFD, Fairfax County FD and Montgomery County FD. The volunteers of Kentland are made up of over 100 individuals, with 15 to 20 living at the fire house. Kentland Company 33 has also held the title of the busiest engine company in Maryland, busiest Ladder company in PG, as well as the busiest volunteer engine company in the nation as seen in Firehouse Magazine’s Annual Run Survey. Volunteers respond to over 7,200 emergency incidents making it quite possibly the busiest one-hundred percent volunteer fire department in the world with combined apparatus responses of almost 13,000 per year. What?Ĭompany 33 operates two class ‘A’ engines, a mini-pumper, a combination class ‘A’ engine / heavy rescue and a 75 foot Baker-AerialScope Tower Ladder. We protect a variety of critical infrastructure resources in our primary response area, including FedEx Field, the 92,000 seat stadium of the Washington Redskins, the Fire/EMS Department headquarters, the Health Department headquarters, a US Secret Service office building, and the US Treasury Department’s main storage facility for the ink used to print US currency. The KVFD covers a large response area, with a first due area of 19 square miles, and a box alarm area of 52.2 square miles. It is staffed solely by a dedicated group of volunteers 100% of the time, a surprising accomplishment in today’s society of decreased volunteerism. Company 33, arguably the busiest volunteer engine, rescue and tower company in the Nation, is the department featured on this website. It is two of 47 volunteer fire stations that comprise the Prince George’s County Fire Department (PGFD). The Kentland Volunteer Fire Department is comprised of two firehouses, Company 33 and Company 46.
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