Reminder —

❤️ The Queen of Hearts will be moving to Hills Store Bar and Grille - the next drawing will be Friday, December 6th at 7:30pm

🎟Wednesday Ticket Sales: Tickets can be purchased on Wednesdays at Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department 5-8pm.

🎟Friday Ticket Sales: Tickets can be purchased at Hills Store Bar and Grille every Friday beginning at 2pm, starting on Friday, December 6th. ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Mechanicsville Volunteers would like to thank Fire & Rescue Products of Harrisburg and our sales representative for spending the afternoon drilling with our members on our new Paratech Hydrofusion Lifting Struts. Our members utilized various strategies and techniques to stabilize and lift a loaded logging trailer and a school bus.

We would also like to thank Turner Entertprises also for lending ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 0812 hours, Rescue Squad 2, Utility 2, UTV 2, Chief 2, and Chief 2B, responded to Charles County in the area of Trinity Church Road and Budds Creek Road for an incident involving forestry equipment and entrapment.

Crews from Mechanicsville arrived with Rescue Engine 1001 and Engine 1015 and loaded numerous cutting, lifting, and stabilization equipment items onto Command 2B and UTV 2.

The crews ... (Full Story & Photos)

Labor Day Weekend proved to be a busy weekend for your Mechanicsville Volunteers who answered 23 runs for Service from Friday Morning until Monday Evening.

These incidents ranged from a Working Structure Fire, 2 Serious MVCs, numerous other MVCs, and many other calls. The call log from Friday morning till Monday is below:

⚠️8/30 @ 04:43:52: MVC - Injuries @ CHARLOTTE HALL SCHOOL RD CHARLOTTE HALL*VEHICLE ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 1221 hours Engine 23 and Tanker 2 were alerted to Bayview Road in Company 5’s area for a reported house fire. First caller reported the back porch was on fire.

Engine 23 and Tanker 2 responded with 6 personnel. While enroute communications advised they took an additional call that advised fire was coming from the 2nd floor windows of the residence.

Engine 52 arrived on the scene to find a 2 ... (Full Story & Photos)

Tonight, August 6th, 2024, Engine 23, Rescue Squad 2, Engine-Tanker 24, Tanker 24, and Chief 2B are on the air participating in numerous National Night Out events around our first due.

26 volunteers are staffing the apparatus and providing fire prevention materials to the citizens in our first due response area. This includes fire truck tours, “wet downs”, and conversations with citizens explaining ... (Full Story & Photos)

On August 1st, 2024, at 0352 hours, Company 2 and several EMS Companies were alerted to Thompsons Corner Road in the area of Woodburn Hill Road for an Auto Accident with Injuries. Rescue Squad 2 made the response with 5 volunteers just after dispatch.

At 0358 hours police arrived on the scene and advised there was one occupant trapped in the vehicle. This upgraded the assignment bringing Squad 1002 ... (Full Story & Photos)

On July 29th, at 1900 hours, members trained on setting up a multi-tank dump site operation and transferring water between the two (or more) tanks in an operation like this.

We at the Mechanicsville VFD carry numerous ways to transfer water between tanks on our Engines and Tankers, and tonight we trained on 3 of those set ups.

A majority of the structure fires we run in Mechanicsville and surrounding ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Department Apparatus Committee has been busy building specifications for three new pieces of apparatus.

One of those vehicles is a replacement for our 2007 Ford F250 Utility vehicle. The committee decided on a Chevrolet 3500 Cab/Chasis with the pickup bed deleted. A Knapheide Utility body was opted to allow us to carry some equipment to make the vehicle more suitbable for our needs.

In the ... (Full Story & Photos)

July 11, 2024, This morning members are conducting a pump test on Engine 22. Despite it being tested from the factory and having a certification the department conducts an in house pump test also when we get a new pump to document with our records.
We conduct in house pump tests on all our apparatus annually. These are typically conducted by our Water Supply Officer and Engineers with the assistance ... (Full Story & Photos)

03/01/2024 Update:
The Department received our first update on our long awaited new wagon. Construction started this week with the Cab and Body being fabricated. Next week we anticipate these components heading to the paint booth.
https://www.mvfd.com/news/1926/Contract-Signed-for-a-2023-Pierce-Enforcer-Pumper

03/08/2024 Update:
This week, the apparatus cab was moving through the paint process ... (Full Story & Photos)

June 30, 2024, The Mechanicsville Volunteers handled 20 incidents since 2037 hours. The department was staffed with 24 volunteers during the storm event and Engine 23, Engine-Tanker 24, Rescue Squad 2, Brush 2, Utility 2, Chief 2A, and Chief 2B were all handling incidents.

During the height of the storm both Chief Officers, Rescue Squad 2, and Engine-Tanker 24 ran a house fire in Company 1002s first ... (Full Story & Photos)

The 132nd Maryland State Firefighters Convention was held in Ocean City, Maryland from June 16th thru the 19th. On the 19th, was the Firefighters Parade and the department participated in hopes of bringing the Chief A. Marvin Gibbons Memorial Award back to Mechanicsville, where it's resided for the last two years. This award is the highest honor bestowed upon a department and shall be presented to ... (Full Story & Photos)