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Ridge is St. Mary's County's southern-most fire department and answers many calls for help from vessels in distress on the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River as well as responding to fires and wrecks.

A fire roared through a historic St. Inigoes farm owned by the Society of Jesus, causing over $125,000 worth of damage to 4 barns, farm equipment and 17 acres of land on Tuesday.   Leonardtown, Bay District and Hollywood firefighters assisted Ridge Volunteer Fire Department in extinguishing the blazing farm which Deputy Fire Marshal Chuck Dammann says was started by an electrical malfunction.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo by David Gray

These Ridge VFD units are on Rt. 5 next to a house which had caught fire in Ridge.

This crash took place on Rt. 5 in St. Mary's City.

Firemen check the roof of this home in St. Inigoes.

This house burned at Scotland and the call was answered by Ridge, with help from Bay District and Valley Lee VFD's.