For the D.C. Fire and EMS band (known locally as Heat Stroke), playing funky go-go covers goes hand-in-hand with serving the public.

As of Tuesday, about 18% of D.C. Fire and EMS’s employees were out because of COVID-19 cases or exposures.

The Office of the D.C. Auditor may include the probe in its work plan for fiscal 2021.

Two recent drownings could indicate more activity along the waterway, according to the city.

Station patches have long been a part of D.C. firefighter culture as a tongue-in-cheek way to create camaraderie and distinguish their unit.

He lost his balance and tumbled in.