What We Do
The Seat Pleasant Volunteer Fire Company delivers Fire
Supression, Heavy Rescue and Emergency Medical Services to the citizens
of Prince George's County and the Town of Seat Pleasant three hundred
sixty five days a year, 24 hours a day.
Fire Suppression
Our most basic function. This service consists of the
application of water onto the seat of a fire from the inside of the
building. During the fighting of the fire, we also ventilate
the structure. This serves to let the heat escape, as well as giving
any people left inside the building a better to living for us to rescue
them.
Search and Rescue
Another traditional function. This consists
of the searching of a building involved in fire, finding any victims
trapped inside and then getting them out of the building via ladders,
doors or other exit points. This can be the most dangerous
part of the job, as many times the Firemen preforming the search are
doing so without the protection of a hoseline.
Overhaul
When a fire is over, this hot, heavy and tiring job must be preformed
in order to prevent any chance of the fire starting again. When a fireman
looks like he is breaking walls and door frames, he is most likely searching
for any unseen fire trapped in these spaces.
Heavy Rescue Service
Our Rescue Squad carries many tools to get people out of almost any
situation that they can get themselves into. Our most common Rescue
call is a Motor Vehicle Crash where the amount of damage to the call
requires us to cut them out of the car. This usually involves the use
of hydraulic tools commonly referred to as the "Jaws of Life".
SPVFC also responds on less common Rescue calls such as Rope Rescues,
Confined Space Rescues, Hazmat, and many others.
Emergency Medical Service
Our most common type of call. About 60% of our calls involve EMS. We
deliver this service on both of our Engines, our Rescue Squad and on
our Basic Life Support Ambulance. All of our Firemen are trained to
at least Maryland Emergency Medical Technician Level of care.
Our Paramedic service is handled by the PGFD AEMS division with Medic
units staffed by Maryland Paramedics.
Service Calls
SPVFC also responds to many calls for service, such as children locked
in vehicles and in houses.
