UPDATED: Kentland Volunteers And Their 'Frat House'

UPDATED: Here in the Washington, D.C. metro area, we get word from the local media outlets about a 4-year-old firehouse video being leaked to the local news that depicts what the media calls a 'frat house' full of activity. The Kentland Volunteer Fire Department shown in the video operates under the Prince Georges County Fire Department in Maryland .

In the news video below, you can see volunteers shooting illegal fireworks in the station, hazing new firefighters, mooning while driving the engine, etc.

I've posted several times regarding our activities in the public eye and the perception of the public to those activites. People, this is 2008 and the reality of it all is that perception is reality. Though some areas of the states you could get away with this, in major metropolitin areas - you will get roasted. Think twice before you do anything that can be recorded, observed or reported by a third party. If you get any feeling that something might be wrong with it - it probably is.

If you don't think twice, you could end up like this volunteer chief ... watch the videos and post your comments:

RAW KENTLAND FIREHOUSE VIDEO:

FOX5 NEWS:

WUSA-TV9 NEWS:

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Comment by Rockland USA on July 12, 2008 at 12:27am
I just discovered something. Were these videos of Kentland originally posted here on Firefighter Nation and then removed when they hit the media? It appears there are two videos on Firefighter Nation that were posted by B.L.P.S. 13 called Lack of Adult Supervision and Lack of Adult Supervision II - and they are now unavailable? Hmmmmm.... Go check yourself. Go to Videos and do a search using KENTLAND and you will see the two videos. Click on them and they are unavailable or set to private by BLPS13.
Comment by Walter Messer on July 11, 2008 at 11:22pm
Well this will continue to be brought up until the newsies think the proper thing is done for Discipline. It will be brought up everytime that fire department makes the news.
Comment by lutan1 on July 11, 2008 at 10:04pm
So whilst I would never condone this sort of behaviour, nor would I think anyone else would, BUT (There's always a but...) this is 4+ years old.

This is the first I've seen or heard of it- does it still go on? Is it still allowed to happen?

If no, then this is a non issue....

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