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March 28th, crews from Halfway, Funkstown and Hagerstown were
alerted for a "House On Fire" on Virginia Avenue north of
Halfway Boulevard. FM26 was the first arriving unit to
find the back of the apartment building on fire. As crews
approached the scene, additional crews from Williamsport Fire
along with the Air Unit and Rehab Unit were dispatched out with
Halfway's Medic Unit on the "Working Fire Assignment".
Firefighters were able to knockdown a bulk of the fire with in
about 10 - 15 minutes after arrival on the scene. Crews
remained on the scene for an additional two hours conducting
salvage and overhaul operations. Crews were faced with hot
spots within the walls of the structure involved. No
injuries were reported and the Red Cross was brought in to
assist residents at the apartment complex as needed. Fire
Marshal Ed Ernst (FM26) is currently investigating the incident. |
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Hose Responds To Working Fire With Williamsport Fire... |
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March 7th, Washington County dispatchers were flooded
with reports of flames coming from a house off of Vermont Street
in Williamsport. Fire crews from Williamsport along with
neighboring jurisdictions were quickly dispatch out for a House
On Fire at 20:32 hours that evening. Chief William Ball of
Williamsport Fire Co.2 arrived to find fire blowing out the
second floor at 45 West Salisbury Street. Chief Ball assumed
Salisbury Street Command and requested the Working Fire Dispatch
started. As crews arrived to begin their work to bring the
blaze under control, additional crews were dispatched out. Crews
were faced with heavy fire conditions on the second floor
extending into the attic area. It took over 50 firefighters to
bring the blaze under control within a half an hour of crews
arriving on the scene. Firefighter remained on the scene for
nearly three hours after the fire was reported under control by
Command. During those three hours, the State Fire Marshals
Office Deputy Ernst (FM26) began his investigation while crews
conducted overhaul operations. It was reported that no one
was injured during the blaze and the Fire Marshals Office has
found the fire to be accidental in nature. Damages are estimated
to be around $25,000. The Red Cross was notified for
assistance to two adults that were displaced by the blaze. All
fire department operations were reported complete just before
midnight when Chief Ball terminated command. Williamsport
Fire Co.2 responded to the call with mutual aid assistance from
Halfway Fire Co.26, Funkstown Fire Co.10, Clear Spring Fire
Co.4, Fairplay Fire Co.12, Washington County Air Unit 25 and
Rehab Unit 255, Maryland State Fire Marshals Office and the
American Red Cross. While crews were committed on the scene,
Maugansville Fire Co.13 transferred a unit over to Williamsport
Fire to cover Williamsport’s first due during the incident. |
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Hose Places Engine 101 In-Service On 2/25/08... |
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Volunteer put their new 2007 KME Pumper in service Monday
evening at 18:00 hours. The new 2007 KME Predator is equipped
with a 750 gallon water tank and a 60 gallon class B foam cell.
This pumper is designated as Engine 101 and is classified as a
Class A Engine in Washington County. This engine answered its
first emergency call 14 minutes after being placed in-service.
Emergency crews from Funkstown, Halfway and Williamsport were
dispatched out at 18:14 hours for smoke in the building. Engine
101 responded with the Volunteer Fire Company of Halfway as the
third due Engine at Homewood Retirement Village at 16505
Virginia Avenue. Engine 101 second emergency response was for a
major vehicle accident on Interstate 70 at exit 32 East bound
later that night at 23:20 hours. |
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HOSE RECOGNIZES MEMBERS AT YEARLY BANQUET |
_small.JPG) The
Funkstown Volunteer fire Company recently held their annual 2007
awards banquet on Saturday Feb. 23 at the 4 points. the evening
began with social hour then dinner. Out going fire chief Paul
Hottinger gave his report for 2007. He thanked many people for
their support of his many years as an officer with the company.
His tenure began in 1998 as a lt. President Steven Metzner gave
a president report discussing the new engine purchase, all the
grants the company has received through the years. the evening
then continued with dancing and partying through out the
night...
Special award given to Glenn Fuscsick from President Metzner for
his outstanding support of grant writing for the company.
A special award presented to the company from the office of
Senator Mulkuski for all the success in grant funding the
company has had through the years... |
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Hose Responds To Heavy Entrapment On Interstate 70... |
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On February 25th, emergency
crews from Funkstown and Community Rescue were dispatched out
Monday night to a vehicle accident on Interstate 70 at 23:20
hours. Washington County Dispatch took multiple calls reporting
a vehicle accident involving several vehicles. No initial calls
were able to confirm injuries so The PIA assignment was
started. Prior to units going on the scene, dispatch received a
follow up call reporting entrapments. Upon arrival of
Engine 101 from Funkstown, crews found several vehicles spread
out. Captain Chris Lundberg assumed I70 Command and confirmed
they had two patients entrapped. Both patients were classified
as Priority 1 and Command requested a second Medic unit from
Community Rescue to the scene as well as Hagerstown Fire
Departments Utility 3 to assist with manpower. While
firefighters worked to free the entrapments, a third patient
from a separate vehicle was evaluated and classified as a
Priority 3. At this point Command requested a 3rd
BLS unit to the scene out of Halfway Fire & EMS.
Crews worked for nearly twenty minutes to free both patients
from the wreckage. Extrication of the first Priority one was
reported complete at 23:45 hours. The second was complete seven
minutes later. Both patients were rapidly immobilized and
packaged by emergency crews and transported to Washington County
Trauma Center by Community Rescue. The third patient was
assessed and transported by Halfway Fire & EMS Priority three
for check-up. |
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Hose Responds To Four Alarm Blaze In Boonsboro... |
On the morning of February
22, Washington County 9-1-1 became flooded with calls reporting
a fire on North Main Street in Boonsboro. Crews on Box 6-1 were
alerted for a building fire at 07:42 hours this Friday morning.
As calls continued to pour in, Station 6 called in over fire
band immediately requesting the second alarm to be struck. Crews
arrived to find the old Boone Hotel on the corner of North Main
and St. Paul Street to be fully engulfed in flames and rapidly
spreading.
Chief Griffith from Boonsboro Fire Co.6 arrived assuming Main
Street Command and was beginning a rapid assessment of the
situation as Truck 6 arrived to find they had people still in
the building and reported trapped. Command at this point
requested the completion of both 2nd and 3rd alarms on the
assignment. Once requested, Command gave a report advising he
had a three story commercial structure with heavy fire.
Firefighters on the scene were faced with heavy exposures being
threatened on all four sides of the structure.
As firefighters worked to battle the blaze and rescue occupants
still in the structure, Town employees worked to prepare for the
worst. As flames spread from one structure to another, efforts
were made to evacuate equipment and important documents from the
Town Hall just up the street from the fire. Crews working to
bring the fire under control were not only faced with a heavy
fire load but also with adverse weather conditions near
freezing.
After an hour and a half of battling the blaze, Command reported
that a bulk of the fire had been knocked down. Crews continued
to work to control the blaze until 10:53 hours at which time
Command declared the fire under control. Crews began overhaul
operations as Deputy State Fire Marshal Ed Ernst began his
investigation into the cause of the devastating blaze.
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