Water rescue operation near Sherwin Island underway, Potomac MD

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/1/2025 09:06 AM

Sherwin Island, Potomac, MD 20854

Fire and water rescue teams are responding to a person in distress near Billiard Trail A Alpha close to mile marker three, northwest of Sherwin Island in Montgomery County, Maryland. Teams coordinate to locate and assist the individual on the water.

Audio|Source: Montgomery County MD Fire Rescue 7A4 Incident 10

02:29

Transcript:

00:00

Swifwater 730 Bravo,

00:02

Montgomery. Can you add us to the call?

00:05

Okay, Swift water 730, Brock.

00:12

UTV 711 is responding, NDC is not responding.

00:17

Okay, UTV 711.

00:23

Number 2, 64730, SWF4-730, Broadway battalion 702, and the units responding to Billiard Trail A Alpha, near mile marker three.

00:35

You want three words you're going to call, hers patching foils.

00:40

And it's come up on the map just northwest of Sherwin Island.

00:48

Okay, so many three, okay.

00:53

Really, Tocopo map.

00:55

Use the handler's map and you have the victim marked on the map already. Receptive effects that's going to be right there behind Trouble Nile.

01:08

So the other 7-10 broadband the government.

01:11

I don't want to be a vote out.

01:13

Probably 10.

01:18

That pace with water 7-10 by then we have alerted to the quarter 412 as the fourth vote.

01:28

Okay, I'm out of medication 710 and we're going to head back to the station to get the other foot out if it was like.

01:39

Okay, okay. If your position of 412, let me know I'll cancel Fairfax.

01:48

Okay,

01:51

so forth something, be on. Okay,

01:53

so forthcoming, we'll be on.

01:56

Okay, so 4-4-730 with the command, the radio's yours 12-10.

02:08

Somebody, battalion, 7-0-2. Battalion 7-02.

02:15

We are unable to get a horn of the Eagle. Would you like MSP started?

02:20

Negative. The Eagle was already on the river for training today.

02:24

So hold on from that for that.

02:26

We'll go direct what I want to see.

02:29

Okay.

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