South River Source

Update (March 30, 12:30 p.m.): Lt. James Fredericks of the Anne Arundel County Police Department confirmed to the South River Source that the victim in Turkey Point on Friday died of a self-inflicted wound. Police do not put out media releases for such incidents. Our condolences to the family. If you or anyone you know [...]

Update (March 7, 2013): The volunteer firefighter involved in Tuesday’s crash continues to receive treatment at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. He continues to make great improvements. Original post (March 5, 2013): Around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Anne Arundel County Fire Department personnel responded to a car crash at the main crossroads in [...]

Anne Arundel County Fire Department Chief John Robert Ray promoted five members of the department during a ceremony on Thursday. Two were promoted to Captain and three promoted to Lieutenant. “This is a major step for these individuals who will now have a supervisory, or an increased level of managerial responsibility, over other emergency responders [...]

Anne Arundel County Fire Department spokesman Lt. Cliff Kooser said that fire and emergency crews were busy during the lunch hour Wednesday with a chimney fire and a serious workplace injury involving a man who got his arm caught in a forklift while working at Kmart. The first call came in just before noon for [...]

Anne Arundel County firefighters were called to an overnight fire in a single story house in the 5400 block of Sands Road in Lothian. According to Fire Department spokesman Lt. Keith Hamilton, the call came in at 11:18 and units arrived from Anne Arundel, Prince Georges and Calvert counties. The home had been for sale [...]

From Anne Arundel County Fire Departmentspokesman Chief Michael Cox: As part of County Executive John R. Leopold’s efforts to support those in need, County Executive John R. Leopold and Fire Chief John Robert Ray have donated fifteen Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) that were being replaced by the Fire Department to the Connor Cares Foundation in [...]