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In the interest of transparency, I wanted to take a few minutes to make a full disclosure about the site and my association with the Howard County, MD, Department of Fire & Rescue Services. When I first began the site, I was not associated with the Department, and began it for two reasons – Continue reading Transparency Notice The 8th Annual Bragging Rights football tournament will be held on November 19th and 20th, 2011 at the Rockburn Branch Park in Elkridge (off Landing Road). You can go to their web site or find them on Facebook for more information. I was honored to be a part of the HCDFRS team sent to assist the Nationl Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF)’s Memorial Weekend 2011. I was assigned to work with under Dave Statter, with Tiger Schmittendorf and Anthony Correia; our role was to use the power of social media (primarily Facebook and Twitter) to Continue reading HCDFRS Assists National Fallen Firefighters Foundation at Memorial Weekend 2011 Photo and article courtesy of Howard County Department of Fire & Rescue Services At 1:30 a.m. the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services was dispatched to the 6600 block of Carlinda Avenue in Columbia to assist Howard County Police. Special Operations units arrived and reported a driver trapped in a vehicle submerged Continue reading Crews Rescue Elderly Woman from Vehicle in Pool Two firefighters were hospitalized after battling a basement fire in Ellicott City.
Units were dispatched to the 2000 block of Diane Lane at 5:12 PM for a report of smoke coming from the house across from the caller’s address. Engine 82 arrived to find smoke showing from a single family house and, working Continue reading Ellicott City House Fire Sends Two Firefighters to Hospital Firefighters from Special Operations and the Elkridge station assisted Howard County Police with locating a missing fifteen year old autistic teen in Elkridge. Units were alerted to assist County Police at approximately 3:15 AM, bringing the Special Ops team and units from Elkridge. Personnel searched the area on foot and using all terrain vehicles. Continue reading Firefighters Find Missing Autistic Teen Firefighters made quick work of a porch fire in eastern Columbia. On Monday, July 18, 2011, Engine 91 and Brush 27 were dispatched for a reported brush fire in the area of Bellfall Court and Sealed Message Road in eastern Columbia. A fire investigator, who was in the area, arrived on the scene and Continue reading Porch Fire in Columbia On the morning of Thursday, July 14, 2011 (A shift), personnel from Paramedic 15 were dispatched to an emergency medical response in the 5800 block of Diggers Lane in Elkridge. As personnel were responding, they were advised that the incident was a maternity call, and Paramedic Engine 101 (filling in at Station 1) was dispatched Continue reading Crews Deliver Baby Boy in Elkridge The Howard County Department of Fire & Rescue Services’ 911 center received a telephone call at approximately 10:15p.m. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011, reporting a large fire in a commercial building in the 7400 block of Washington Boulevard in Elkridge. Units were dispatched and arrived on scene within 4 minutes, reporting a working fire Continue reading Second Alarm Warehouse Fire in Elkridge A man was freed from a trench in Savage. At approximately 7:00 PM, rescuers were dispatched to the 9300 block of Ridings Way in Savage for a report of a man trapped in a trench. Personnel arrived and began to stabilize the area around the trench, including the use of boards around the area Continue reading Trench Rescue in Savage |
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