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Emergency

Dulles Planning Emergency Exercise

More than 100 volunteer actors will participate in a simulated aircraft accident at Dulles International Airport outside Washington.

2013/05/02

Coast Guard Postpones Emergency Response Exercise

The Coast Guard has postponed an emergency response exercise on the Severn River near Annapolis.

2013/03/27

Frederick County To Offer 911 Texting For Speaking, Hearing Impaired

Calling for help. That’s what 911 is all about. But what if you can’t speak or hear? Frederick County is one of the first jurisdictions in the country to meet that need.

2013/03/22

Emergency Response Is Focus Of Md. Counties

The Maryland Association of Counties is focusing on emergency response at its annual winter meeting in Cambridge.

2013/01/02

Light Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing In Field

Maryland state police say an experimental light aircraft made an emergency landing in a farmer’s field in northern Baltimore County.

2012/12/15

BGE Urges Customers To Prepare For Possible Outages Ahead Of Hurricane Sandy

Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) has announced that it is preparing for any possible power outages this weekend and into early next week in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

2012/10/24

Flight Offloaded At Reagan After Engine Warning

Airport authorities say passengers were offloaded from a US Airways flight from Washington to New York after an engine warning light came on, but no one was injured.

2012/08/03

Baltimore To Shut Down 3 Fire Companies; Residents Concerned About Emergency Response

By the end of this weekend, three of Baltimore’s fire companies will shut down for good. The companies are disbanding in a cost-cutting move by the city and that’s raising alarm for people who live nearby.

2012/06/29

Separated At Sailabration? Call Reunification Line

Maryland officials have set up a telephone line for visitors to Baltimore’s Sailabration events who get separated from their family and friends.

2012/06/15

Child Falls From Window In Montgomery County

Montgomery County officials say a young girl has been critically injured after falling from a window and onto a deck in Rockville.

2012/05/17

George H.W. Bush was a World War II pilot prior to becoming President.(Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

Pilot Makes Emergency Landing In Frederick Field

A pilot on his way home to Maine made an emergency landing in a Maryland field when his small plane ran out of gas.

2012/01/16

Early Snow Pelts East Coast, Cuts Power To 2M-Plus

An unusually early and powerful nor’easter dumped wet, heavy snow Saturday from the mid-Atlantic to New England. Three deaths are attributed to the storm.

2011/10/29

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