Total Recall; HOV or HOB?; Line Drawn in the OC Sand; No Embrace from Mayor; Carnival Sideshow and Much More

The picture is from yesterday’s strip mall fire on Sheriff Road. Prince George’s County fire investigators say it was apparently caused by lightning. See the video here, and get a lot more news below:

FREDERICK, MD DIRECTOR. The Frederick News-Post reports that Gene Mellin has been named as the director of the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services. Mellin had been acting director.

THANKFULLY THEY DIDN’T NAME HIM HIRST-BRAULT. Is the Dulles Toll Road just an extension of the maternity ward at Inova Fairfax? A Fairfax County Fire and Rescue lieutenant says this is the third time he’s delivered one in the land of E-ZPass.

DEAD MEDIC’S RAMPAGE LIVES ON. Two years after the fact, security camera images surface of a Chicago paramedic throwing a man out of his unit and then beating him. We have a report from Chicago and the raw video.

UNDER THE BOARDWALK. Going to the beach for the MSFA convention? Make sure you’re caught up on the latest between the OC City Manager and the OCVFC. Ocean City Today has council reaction to the charges and counter-charges.

RESCUE ME. USA Today looks at the new season of the FX series.

RESCUE ME II. It doesn’t look like Baltimore City Fire Chief William Goodwin is getting any lifeline from his boss. “I’m going to be reassessing all our department heads,” the comments of Mayor Sheila Dixon to The Baltimore Sun over an “off-the-books account used by the Fire Department to purchase unauthorized equipment”.

FEWER SENIOR MOMENTS. In Independence, Missouri, the fire department is proposing to cut back on EMS calls to long-term care facilities and nursing homes. The Kansas City Star has the story.

AND THE POLICE ARE RAFFLING OFF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. Controversy on Maryland’s Eastern Shore with a gun raffle. WBOC-TV reports at the Hebron Volunteer Fire Department’s annual carnival you can win a lot more than a Kewpie doll.