Charles County Volunteer Rescue Squad, EMS 51

09/24/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our fundraiser yesterday at Ledo Pizza in La Plata. The service was great, the food was awesome and seeing everyone was the best!

09/24/2026

Tonight offered another leadership session on "Leading Without Rank" led by EMS 51 Chief Ben Bates. Once again our members were joined by members from neighboring stations. The topic was engaging, with a lot of lively conversation.

The goal of these sessions is to help attendees grow into future leadership positions, and tonight's topic was about leading as an individual...even before holding an office.

09/21/2026

We are having a fundraiser at Ledo Pizza in La Plata on Wednesday 9/23 from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm. Please consider eating there for lunch, dinner or both and support the Charles County Rescue Squad. No flyer necessary.

09/08/2026

Sending a big thank you to our volunteers. Top hours for August 2026. You're the best!

09/07/2026

08/28/2026

Shout out to the church across the street from our station, La Plata Church of Christ, for inviting our Life Member Allen Hayden to join them on National Night Out earlier this month. They enjoyed an outside movie and great community interaction. These are some of the notes of appreciation they sent. Thank you Allen for representing us!

08/25/2026

We would like to join our neighbors to the south, Bel Alton Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. , in congratulating Lt. Travis Walden of Charles County's DES on his retirement.

We want to wish one of our favorite Department of Emergency Services employees a happy retirement. Lt. Walden has been assigned to our station since the beginning of our partnership with DES to house the SMDO. We will miss him shouting “go get em brothers” when we leave the station for calls, his great conversations and stories, and his humor. We wish you the best in your retirement and we’re so happy that your years long countdown to this day has finally come to an end (IYKYK 😂). Congrats Lt. Walden! 🫶🏻

08/20/2026

Last night we served a double. hosted another leadership presentation at 6:00 PM and we had members from several other stations join us both in person and remotely. Then we followed it up with a drill at 7:00 PM on negotiating our internal website members area, which our newer members found very helpful. Our more seasoned members appreciated the refresher, and many questions and suggestions made for a very interactive evening. Two for one!