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LABOR DAY |
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Over $7,000 |
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RAISED DURING |
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Annual Duck Race |
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2008 Call
Totals |
| Jan |
109 |
| Feb |
97 |
| Mar |
100 |
| Apr |
92 |
| May |
91 |
| Jun |
119 |
| Jul |
99 |
| Aug |
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| Year |
707 |
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Ten
Hose Annual Duck Race Is A Success... |
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Normal
Labor Day activities were underway this year at the Funkstown
Fire Company as firefighters prepared Saturday morning for a
long day ahead. On top of running medic assist calls and
vehicle accidents in there are, they were faced with cooking
chicken and rustling up ducks in their spare time. This
Saturday the 30th of August marked the Annual Duck
Race the Fire Company has been holding yearly for the past few
years.The event
is a fundraiser the Fire Company puts on during the Labor Day
Weekend each year. The event started out as a bi-yearly event
but turned annually in 2005 when the department saw the need for
more income to support fire department operations. Larry
Iseminger of the Fire Company chaired the event. Some say this
was one of their best years for the Duck Race. Over 1,750
plastic ducks were sold for the fundraiser ranging from $5 each
to $25 for seven ducks.
Spectators
lined up along the Antietam Creek to watch. As the clock struck
2:00 o’clock, the House Siren used to alert firefighters to
calls sounded signaling the release of the duck over the side of
the bridge. From there the ducks slowly floated down stream to
the finish line where several members of The Funkstown Fire
Company were wading in the creek waiting to catch the ducks as
the crossed the finish line. The Antietam Creek, which runs
behind Funkstown’s Station, was low for this time of year, which
made the race a little slower than usual.
Some people watching
cheered on their ducks as they approached the finish line. The
first duck to pass belonged to Russell Donovan who was awarded
the Grand Prize of $300. His duck was then followed by Jack
Garvin’s duck, which won the 2nd Place of $200
dollars. The final Prize for 3rd Place was awarded
to Marie Tolbert consisting of $100.
Funkstown had an all
around great fundraising event, which also consisted of the
Chicken & Pit Beef Barbecue that they held the same day. The
barbecue was so popular that they sold out of everything they
made by 1:00 o’clock that afternoon. Firefighters gilled up the
barbecue, went swimming with the ducks and raffled off a $300
Gift Certificate donated from Martin’s Food Store in
Hagerstown. This Labor Day Weekend festivity brought in over
$7,000 to the Fire Company. |
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Ten
Hose Responds On 2nd Alarm On BOX 27-4... |
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Funkstown
Fire Company was dispatched out Friday afternoon on August 22nd
on the Second Alarm Assignment for the House Fire at 850
Northern Avenue north of Hagerstown on BOX 27-4.
Longmeadow arrived with heavy fire and started the second alarm
for assistance. Ten hose responded with a single
engine crew to assist on the fire. Firefighters on the
scene had the incident under control within forty minutes after
the initial alarm. Once Command deemed the incident under
control and the fire out, crews from Funkstown were released to
return to their first due area. |
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Ten
Hose Heats Up Training Night... |
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Funkstown
Fire Company like many Washington County Fire & EMS companies
conducts a weekly training session going over any thing from
safety procedures to operational procedures. This past
Monday night, they decided to turn up the heat on their
firefighters, literally by setting a truck on fire behind the
station while their personnel was gathered in the training room.
Chief Fraley monitored the truck as he lit the interior and
called Fire Rescue Dispatch to have them dispatch the company
for the drill. Company 10 firefighters were surprised when
the dispatch came in not expecting this for training.
Crews continued training after the fire was knocked down by
practicing extrication techniques on a Pontiac Grand Am they had
beside the car. Fire & EMS companies in Washington County
try to add special training in like this un-announced to keep
personnel interested in training to keep up on their skills
. Find more videos like this on www.usfra.org
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Ten
Hose Responds To Entrapment With Boonsboro Rescue... |
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On
August 10th, Washington County dispatch took multiple
calls reporting a vehicle accident on Old National Pike in the
area of Cool Hollow Road. Funkstown Fire Co.10 was alerted with
Rescue Company 69 out of Boonsboro at 19:15 hours. Engine 101
and Chief Robert Fraley from Company 10 arrived on the scene two
find a black SUV into a tree and a white SUV into a driveway
with one occupant still in the black SUV. Chief Fraley assumed
Old National Pike Command and reported one patient entrapped to
dispatch.
As crews from Funkstown and Boonsboro
worked to stabilize the vehicle and begin extricating the
patient, Command requested a second BLS unit to the scene for
the priority three patients he had not entrapped. Emergency
crews on the scene along with off duty EMS personnel that
stopped to assist tended to the patients that were found out of
the vehicle while ALS focused on the entrapped patient
classified as a Category “C” Trauma. Crews worked for nearly
twenty minutes to extricate the patient in the black SUV. As
crews were removing the entrapment, Community Rescue was on the
scene tending to the two Priority 3 patients.
Command
reported entrapment extricated at 19:40 hours and advised they
had 3 patients that would be transported to Washington County
Trauma Center. Once all patients were in the medic units and
ready for transport, Command was terminated by Chief Fraley.
Community Rescue Co.75 transported one Priority 2 Category “C”
trauma and one Priority 3 walking wounded for check up along
with Boonsboro EMS who transported the Priority 2 entrapment who
was also classified as a Category “C” Trauma.
Once all patients were transported, a majority of remaining
units cleared with the exception of Engine 101 who remained till
all hazards were removed. They later cleared and turned the
scene over to Maryland State Police at 20:30 hours that evening. |
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Maryland Senators Present
Firefighters With $2,000,000 Grant |
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Tuesday, Aug 5,
2008 @05:32pm EST
WASHINGTON
COUNTY, MD - The
Washington County firefighters have
an extra two million dollars to keep
you safe.
A new rescue vehicle costs $500,000,
a firefighter's uniform runs about
$1,000 and the list goes on and on.
That's why the firefighters of
Washington County were more than
thrilled to receive a two million
dollar grant.
"Without these federal grants, a few
companies will be close to having to
shut their doors,” said Glenn
Fuscsick, a volunteer with the
Funkstown Fire Department. “The
money isn't just there anymore.
People aren’t contributing to the
fund drives."
To recognize this, a special visit
was paid by senators Barbara
Mikulski and Ben Cardin.
"Washington County is breaking all
records for the awards they are
winning. They apply for grants,
Senator Cardin and I support them,
they are peer-reviewed, they win on
merit, no pork barrel," Mikulski
(D-MD) said.
Cardin (D-MD) added, "In rural areas
it’s so important to have the
network of fire protection, but it’s
costly. You need equipment here
that you don’t necessarily need in
an urban city, to get water to the
fire for example."
Since
the grant program has been in place,
$63 million have gone to the state
of Maryland.
In 2007, Washington County received
20 percent of that money, making it
the highest of any county in
Maryland.
While they were in town, the
legislators also touched on the high
cost of gas.
Mikulski explained, "Right now we
are trying to close something called
the London Loop Hole, where oil
companies trade their prices in
London on an exchange owned by an
American company to avoid American
rules and regulations."
Both Mikulski and Cardin will be in
Cumberland on Wednesday to discuss
how the high gas prices are
affecting first responders as well
as small businesses and charitable
organizations.
The Assistance to Firefighters Grant
program provides funding for
firefighting equipment, training,
vehicles, recruitment, and safety
projects.
Story Courtesy Of New 25 Alive
found at www.your4state.com
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Potomac Valley
Responds For Ten Hose To A House Fire... |
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In
the early hours of a Sunday July 6th, the morning silence was
broken by a high pitched beeping sound at the house hold on Gay
Street in halfway. The resident there was awoken by her smoke
detector going off. When she awoke, she found her residence
filling up with smoke. She went to see where it was coming from
when she found it was a dehumidifier on fire in the basement of
her residence. She quickly called 911 and evacuated the
residence.
The Volunteer Fire Company of Halfway (Co.26 was dispatched with
Funkstown Fire (Co.10) for a dehumidifier on fire in the
residence. Firefighters arrived at 17543 Gay Street so find
smoke showing and the residence had been evacuated. Assistant
Chief Jamie Drawbaugh from Company 26 arrived and assumed Gay
Street Command. Halfway firefighters made entry on side “B” to
be met at the door with a heavy smoke condition. Command
immediately requested the completion of the Box.
As crews from Halfway made entry into the residence, crews from
Potomac Valley Fire Co.11 arrived on scene with Engine 111 in
place of Company 10 and reversed layed while awaiting the
arrival of Williamsport Company 2 and the Rescue Squad from
Funkstown. Upon the arrival of additional units, crews on the
scene were able to have the fire out and the scene under control
utilizing a water can to extinguish the fire. The fire damage
was limited to the dehumidifier and its surroundings. The
residence also suffered smoke damage but may have been worse if
the homeowners had not had a working smoke detector.
Photo Courtesy of Anita
Bussard of Gay Street |
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Funkstown Fire Company |
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Officers & Administration |
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Operations |
Administration |
| Fire Chief -
David Fraley |
President -
Steve Metzner |
| Deputy Chief -
Steve Pifer |
1st VP -
Larry Iseminger |
| Assist. Chief -
Kevin Kotanko |
2nd VP - Dave
Johnston |
| Captain -
Chris Lundberg |
Secretary - Judy
Bowers |
| Lieutenant- Eric Fraley |
Treasurer -
Joan Kotanko |
| Lieutenant- Nick Hamilton |
Assist.
Treasurer - Linda Kendle |
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Board of
Directors |
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Kyd Dieterich |
Joey Royce |
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Steve Lohr |
Ed Clopper |
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